Cops admit mislaying Wembley Stadium keys as more security duds at Games surface

London -  Scotland Yard has owned up to mislaying the keys of Wembley Stadium, as more shocking cases of security violations at the London Olympics have emerged.
 
The announcement of the lost keys came hours after Great Britain beat the UAE in a match at Wembley in the group stages of the competition.
 
Now, sources claim it would cost up to 40,000 pounds to replace the hi-tech laser keys, and the latest dud threatened to further damage the already brittle confidence in security arrangements for the Games.
 
The latest security fiasco also provoked a furious behind-the-scenes row between the police, London Organizing Committee for Olympics and Paralympics (LOCOG) and private security firm G4S over who was responsible for it.
 
But, Scotland Yard, yesterday, admitted a team of officers mislaid the 'internal security keys' during last minute checks.
 
The officers then spent several days at Wembley Stadium retracing their steps and trying to find the missing set of keys.
 
"These were hi-tech laser keys which cost anything up to £40,000 a set as they cannot be copied. They are the same as you get at prisons," The Daily Mail quoted a source, as saying.
 
A Met spokesman said: "On July 24, officers from the Olympic policing operation at Wembley Stadium reported that internal security keys which had been used by them as part of a search were missing."
 
"Officers attended the venue to assist in the search for the missing items but nothing was found. Detectives also went to ascertain if there was any evidence of criminal offences, however at that time there were none," the spokesman added.
 
A spokesman for Games organizers LOCOG said: "These were internal keys, locks have been changed and the security of the venue has not been compromised in any way."
 
Meanwhile, a spokesman for G4S said: "We have no record of losing any keys." (