Many people seem to be driving with marijuana, cocaine, or other prescription drugs in their cars. With the new seat belt law, police are stopping cars when they see the driver does not have a seat belt fastened. Once stopped, if the law enforcement officer suspects drugs may be in the car, he or she will ask to search your vehicle. You will be pressured, and many people feel they have no other choice but to agree. Once the vehicle is searched and any illegal drugs are found, the person is arrested. Many times the officer will say they smell marijuana in the vehicle, thereby gaining authority to search your vehicle. If the law enforcement officer finds marijuana, the search will likely be held valid and a charge of possession of marijuana will now have to be dealt with.
Also, any felony amount of drugs found in a vehicle, subject the vehicle to government seizures.
Any person convicted of a drug charge will automatically have his license suspended, in addition to any other condition of probation. Crime is only getting harder to deal with, and hiring a criminal defense lawyer is much more important nowadays.
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