MISSING COCAINE HAS COPS FUMING 20 KILOGRAMS, WORTH $400,000, GONE: `THIS IS NOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE FOUL-UP. THIS IS A CRIME'

Chicago police thought they were opening a box filled with 20kilograms of cocaine as they got ready for a drug trial this week.

But when the container was unsealed, the $400,000 in drugs wasgone. A duffel bag and a 35-millimeter camera had been stuffedinside, police said.

Lyle Wooden, who faced trial on a drug possession charge, was ableto walk out of jail Friday after pleading guilty and being sentencedfor time already served since his 1997 arrest.

Prosecutor Bernie Murray denied the missing narcotics damaged thecase against Wooden. But his attorney, Adam Bourgeois, disagreed.

"Obviously they were seeking a long term for possession of 20kilograms," …