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I am a regular BL poster but I'm making this post anonymously, for reasons that should become obvious. Please move this to Legal Q&A.
Today I received a delivery of a small quantity of a controlled substance at my office. I had ordered this from a more or less trusted source who had shipped to me successfully before. This time, though ,the second I had signed for the package, a federal postal inspection agent and a local narcotics cop were right there flashing their badges. It was so surreal I didn't even panic, I just thought, "Well, this is it."
They asked to go somewhere where we could talk privately. I took them to a private meeting room. They told me they knew what was in the package, and if I answered their questions they would let me go without handcuffing me in front of my coworkers and boss. I thought about it and agreed.
Basically I pleaded to having purchased this substance through the mail, from such-and-such source, for personal consumption only, and that I was sorry for what I had done. I waived my Miranda rights and wrote and signed a written statement. The fed and the cop said because I had been so cooperative, I was not under arrest and I would never hear from them again.
However, they said I might still hear from the prosecuting attorney, who since this is a nation-wide operation is actually in another state. There is a chance I may be called to testify, and it is still possible I will be charged with something if I don't cooperate completely. It's my first offense of any kind and the maximum penalty is probably probation, but it could still really fuck up my life.
My main question is whether this now means all my other mail is going to be subject to opening and inspection? I was under the impression the authorities need probable cause and/or a warrant to open your mail, but I don't know if this bust amounts to probable cause for them to do so to me, indefinitely.
This is made worse by the fact that I already have two other deliveries en route from foreign countries, which if intercepted and traced to me would be my second and third offenses, which I'm sure would carry much stiffer penalties.
Thanks for any insight.
Today I received a delivery of a small quantity of a controlled substance at my office. I had ordered this from a more or less trusted source who had shipped to me successfully before. This time, though ,the second I had signed for the package, a federal postal inspection agent and a local narcotics cop were right there flashing their badges. It was so surreal I didn't even panic, I just thought, "Well, this is it."
They asked to go somewhere where we could talk privately. I took them to a private meeting room. They told me they knew what was in the package, and if I answered their questions they would let me go without handcuffing me in front of my coworkers and boss. I thought about it and agreed.
Basically I pleaded to having purchased this substance through the mail, from such-and-such source, for personal consumption only, and that I was sorry for what I had done. I waived my Miranda rights and wrote and signed a written statement. The fed and the cop said because I had been so cooperative, I was not under arrest and I would never hear from them again.
However, they said I might still hear from the prosecuting attorney, who since this is a nation-wide operation is actually in another state. There is a chance I may be called to testify, and it is still possible I will be charged with something if I don't cooperate completely. It's my first offense of any kind and the maximum penalty is probably probation, but it could still really fuck up my life.
My main question is whether this now means all my other mail is going to be subject to opening and inspection? I was under the impression the authorities need probable cause and/or a warrant to open your mail, but I don't know if this bust amounts to probable cause for them to do so to me, indefinitely.
This is made worse by the fact that I already have two other deliveries en route from foreign countries, which if intercepted and traced to me would be my second and third offenses, which I'm sure would carry much stiffer penalties.
Thanks for any insight.