My Personal Experience
Always carry pills in your underwear, or another area that they can not search without detaining you and taking you to the station.
The police can search you or your car without arresting you if they ‘reasonably suspect’ that you might possess drugs.
They can also perform a search if they suspect you may be in possesion of break and enter equipment.
I had the later experience one night.
After getting into my car and starting it, I proceeded to change the CD when there was a tap on the window with an undercover showing me his badge. Not even worrying they suspected me to be in possesion of drugs, I rolled down my window and proceeded to answer his questions forgetting the rule of telling them you're on your way to work and answering minimal questions.
It all started off nice and pleasant
Officer : Hello I'm Const X from XYZ Police Station. We are performing undercover work in this area because of recent break and enters can I ask you what you're business is in this area?
Me: I was just dropping some clothes off at a friends place that I'd borrowed last weekend.
Officer : What is your name
Me : (Gives name)
Officer : Can we see your drivers license
Me : I lost it and I still have to replace it, I have my passport in the car somewhere.
Office : Do you have any ID with your name on it?
Me : Show bank cards and give them my business card
Officer: And what is your friends name that you were visiting
Me : Joe (Incorrect christian name was given)
Officer : And what is Joes last name
Me : I'm unsure, I only met him recently through my boyfriend
Officer : And where does Joe live
Me : At the end of that street (Me pointing to the street)
Office : So why did you park all the way over here?
Me : Becuase there was and still isn't any parking around there.
Officer : So if we were to search you and your car we wouldn't find anything that shouldn't be there
Me : No
Officers recount the events with me agreeing to what they have documented, I ask if I can now be on my way
Officer : We have reason to belive that you are in possesion of break and enter implements so are going to be conducting a search of you and your vehicle. Will we find anything that shouldn't be there?
I was just dumbfounded....How could I be suspected of that when I'm sitting in my car with it running, keys in the ignition? It did have plates from a different state but still, I was sitting in my car!
Me : No
So the police start to search, looking under the seats, in the glove box and then pull out my back pack.
Officer: Will we find anything that shouldn't be here? (As he opens up the compartment of the backpack with the weekends supply)
When I saw he was about to turn his head back to the bag and its magical contents,
Me : Yes
Officer : And what is that? (While looking at the drugs)
Me : Drugs
So, they emtied out the bag and facing defeat I thought now was the time to be cooperative.
When asked which drugs were which I told them.
They asked why I had them to which I stated they were for me and (first mistake) my boyfriend. It was his going away weekend and we were going to do a lot of clubbing.
They asked me where I got them from and I told them I got them in (notorious drug area) last weekend and during the week.
At that point they said i was under arrest and off I went to 4 hours in custody for processing.
I had a lawyer there within 30 minuts of making my call and thought hey, they searched me for this reason and have arrested me on evidence not related to the search, but that hope quickly fizzled when told thats only in the states.
Through out the entire interview process they continually kept asking me if I wanted to tell them where I got them from.
I know what happens to informers and was prepared to suffer the consequences for my actions. Never once did I think of informing, although, the rumours were flying around and my name got dragged through the mud in a matter of hours. If I was an informer, I wouldn't be here today.
They asked me how much me and my boyfriend would use and I explained honestly the amounts we would consume during a weekend like that.
All up my charges were 2 supply and 4 possesion with another possession of a restricted/perscribed substance added at one of the initial hearings.
1 count of supply was due to the ammount of ecstasy I had being over the 3g weight/ 15 pill limit.
the other count was due to me saying that I intended to supply another person with the drug
because i was working full time for a well known company i was given bail on my own recognition and then had to deal with all the rumours going around about me being an informer.
After 7 months of court, I finally have my sentencing date and am now facing 1 supply, 2 possesion and 1 possestion of a persribed/restricted substance.
The DPP was successful in having the case moved to the district court, which can impose much higher penalties than the local court and the police think that I was running a small drug business.
If I had put the items in my underwear they wouldn't have found a thing. But I was ignorant to the possible penalties I could face when carrying what I saw as a small amount, as it was only for two people over the course of a weekend.
For those in NSW i suggest you look for the drugs you use in this document and learn what you can be charged with when carrying your regular night out "selection"
NSW Legislation
Also, it doesn't matter what the MDMA content is. You will be charged with supply if they weigh over 3gms regardless of having 10mg MDMX or 150mg.
My lawyer told me that ever since Anna Wood, they have really increased the punishments in relation to ecstacy so that haveing 3gms of pills is just as bad as having 3gms of cocaine.
I wish someone had told me all of this earlier on or if they did I'm sorry for not listening. I really would like to not be facing what I currently am. What seems like a harmless amount for personal enjoyment can carry sever penalties that can end up changing your life drastically.
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