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Kochi, Dec 22 (IANS) The police have suffered a major setback in the high-profile narcotics case involving actor Shine Tom Chacko, after a forensic report failed to establish that he had consumed drugs, significantly weakening the prosecution’s claims in a case that triggered widespread public debate across Kerala.The forensic findings, which came out on Monday morning, could not confirm drug use by the actor, contradicting the police’s earlier assertions that Shine Tom Chacko and a friend h…