Acharavi
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My son was arrested and drug tested on Friday night. It's unclear whether he failed the swab test. However a blood test was conducted. The details are as follows.
My son and a friend were getting out of his car in a carpark at approximately 19:00. A patrol car was driving past pulled up and the officer asked them what they were doing. They responded that they were just visiting the area.
The police officer was on her own and requested assistance to perform a search of my son and his friend.
On arrival of the backup my son and friend were searched and found in possession of a small amount of cannabis for personal use.
For note my son is a recreational and frequent user of cannabis although never uses the drug when driving.
The officers did not have a roadside drug test available and arrested both of them for possession and took them to the local police station. On arrival my son was then requested to conduct a oral swab test. At this point my son had been asked if he had recently used cannabis to which he responded that he had the previous night at approx 22:00.
After conducting the test the officer clearly did not know how to interpret the results and at one point stated that the test showed positive for cocaine as well as cannabis. My son has never taken cocaine in his life. She then proceeded to ask fellow officers what the results meant and also spent approximately 5 minutes on the phone asking for help.
My son also asked the question of how is it possible to perform the tests if the officers do not actually know how to read the results. To which the sergeant replied "shut up"!
The test result was not shown to my son and this was also stated in the interview with legal representation present. The police officer quoted that she had shown the results to my son and he replied that this was not true and he had not seen the results.
After the test the officer then requested a blood sample and a doctor was sent for. The blood specimen was taken at approximately 20:30.
In interview my son was asked if he had driven the car to which he replied no comment (under guidance). The officer stated that it didn't matter as his friend had already told them in interview that my son had driven the car.
He has now been bailed to appear at the police station in September. The bail form stated the charge as Possess a controlled drug of class B - cannabis / cannabis resin.
My son's friend was released after caution.
If the test comes back negative I take it that my son will face a caution, if the test comes back positive he will be charged with drug driving.
On the above what can we expect and do you have any advice.
Regards
Acaharavi
My son and a friend were getting out of his car in a carpark at approximately 19:00. A patrol car was driving past pulled up and the officer asked them what they were doing. They responded that they were just visiting the area.
The police officer was on her own and requested assistance to perform a search of my son and his friend.
On arrival of the backup my son and friend were searched and found in possession of a small amount of cannabis for personal use.
For note my son is a recreational and frequent user of cannabis although never uses the drug when driving.
The officers did not have a roadside drug test available and arrested both of them for possession and took them to the local police station. On arrival my son was then requested to conduct a oral swab test. At this point my son had been asked if he had recently used cannabis to which he responded that he had the previous night at approx 22:00.
After conducting the test the officer clearly did not know how to interpret the results and at one point stated that the test showed positive for cocaine as well as cannabis. My son has never taken cocaine in his life. She then proceeded to ask fellow officers what the results meant and also spent approximately 5 minutes on the phone asking for help.
My son also asked the question of how is it possible to perform the tests if the officers do not actually know how to read the results. To which the sergeant replied "shut up"!
The test result was not shown to my son and this was also stated in the interview with legal representation present. The police officer quoted that she had shown the results to my son and he replied that this was not true and he had not seen the results.
After the test the officer then requested a blood sample and a doctor was sent for. The blood specimen was taken at approximately 20:30.
In interview my son was asked if he had driven the car to which he replied no comment (under guidance). The officer stated that it didn't matter as his friend had already told them in interview that my son had driven the car.
He has now been bailed to appear at the police station in September. The bail form stated the charge as Possess a controlled drug of class B - cannabis / cannabis resin.
My son's friend was released after caution.
If the test comes back negative I take it that my son will face a caution, if the test comes back positive he will be charged with drug driving.
On the above what can we expect and do you have any advice.
Regards
Acaharavi