What a meth: Woman held for 3 months after cops mistake candy floss for drugs(theregister.co.uk)

37 pointsby Alex63vor 8 Jahren7 comments

theregister.co.uk

What a meth: Woman held for 3 months after cops mistake candy floss for drugs

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/28/woman_jailed_3_months_after_cops_mistake_candy_floss_for_meth/

8 comments

ftp_123vor 8 Jahren

Moral of the story: if the police have to ask for permission to search your {car,house,person}, the answer should pretty much always be no.

The 4th amendment is your friend and will atrophy if not used.

pstuartvor 8 Jahren

Then they call in the dogs and cue them to indicate probable suspicion. Problem solved! /s

gumbyvor 8 Jahren

I understand that in at least some jurisdictions you can refuse a dig search and just be arrested.

pstuartvor 8 Jahren

That doesn't sound like much of a win.

SN76477vor 8 Jahren

With a proper warrant that is fine.

Candy isn’t going to set off dogs.

cbluthvor 8 Jahren

Understandably. But they train the dogs to provide false positives, and then they arrest you anyways.

CyberDildonicsvor 8 Jahren

I'm not sure why you think that is the moral of the story of someone being held as a prisoner for 3 months for no reason.

captainwhorealvor 8 Jahren