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As such there is no official event or fest to have drugs.On a serious note, there is enough security in each hostel and anywhere else required throughout campus to keep check on such things. Authorities are strict regarding such issues including Anti-alcohol, Anti-drug affidavits which now need to be submitted on admission. But people sometimes do find ways to sneek in such stuff, but only until they are caught.

Searching for Drugs ExplainedI have executed over five hundred search warrants in my career and can address the subject with some knowledge of what actually occurs. A search warrant will specifically describe the area to be searched and the items to be seized.The broadest searches are for drugs because they can and are hidden almost anywhere. If you're searching for a stolen Corvette, you could only look in the garage or a place which might hold a car. When it comes to drugs, it's just the opposite. Drugs can be and are hidden virtually everywhere.Once an entry is made, the persons in the residence are secured in a single room. I will speak to either the owner of the home or the target of the investigation. The conversation will go like this:Me: “Sir, Here is a copy of a search warrant for the premises. We are specifically searching for the items described in the warrant. I would prefer not to dismantle and disturb the contents of your home. If you direct me to the area where these items are kept, we will seize the items and charge you with their possession. However, if we have to search every inch of your residence to locate contraband in its secreted locations, we will still seize the property, and we will charge every adult living here who has had access to the items. We will take all necessary steps to locate the hidden items including dismantling items within your home which may include parts of the physical structure.”Some people would be decent and take us to the contraband. We would still conduct a limited search to make sure we recovered all the contraband, but we would do our best not to destroy items in the home. Some people had an immediate change of heart when I introduced the presence of a drug-sniffing dog.If the person still refused to cooperate, then it was up to us to locate whatever hiding place the people felt confident we couldn’t locate. Some were quite imaginative. I have found narcotics in the following locations: Inside false electrical outlets, inside frozen food in the freezer. Inside hollowed-out table legs, inside sprinkler pipes, inside fuel oil tanks. Under floorboards covered by rugs, inside walls recently repaired. Buried under basement floors, in attics and crawl spaces, sewn into seat cushions and sewn into mattresses.These are just a few of the locations where dealers hide their drugs. So how can a house be searched without dismantling a lot of the furnishings, the floorboards, patched walls, false bottom drawers, hidden compartment furniture? The list goes on and on. People are given the opportunity to cooperate. If they refuse, then any damage is on them.If the intelligence is good, the drugs will be in the house, and it’s the narcotics officer’s job to find them. At least twice, different officers experienced in locating hidden drugs, will search every area of every home. We go to school for things like finding hidden compartments in homes and vehicles.I would not condone or accept any officer being destructive, just because they could. We would not cut open mattresses unless they showed signs of being repaired or hand sewn.Drug dogs are good, but not perfect. I have had houses cleared by a drug dog only to continue searching until drugs were found.In my career, I can count the times we came up empty on one hand. I would continue to investigate and would usually find the underlying cause of the problem. It usually had to do with an informant who was playing both sides and tipped the dealer off before the raid occurred. In one case, I sent in a different informant after a dry hit, and the dealer bragged about being tipped off and moving his product.Before I executed a search warrant, controlled purchases are made from within the residence. The informant would be searched before they went into the residence. The controlled buy would be made, and they would be watched during their travel to and from the location, and the drugs would be recovered. If I had any second thoughts, I would send a different informant in on a different night to make another purchase. This would all be documented in an affidavit and sworn to, before a judge.It's not about respect or disrespect. If you or your tenant is using a property to distribute narcotics, then narcotics officers will do what is necessary to locate the drugs and arrest the dealer. The damage to your property is the cost of being a drug dealer.If you feel you were unfairly targeted, file a petition to review the affidavit. Remember a judge agreed that probable cause existed to believe that the residence was being used to either store or distribute drugs. You might have a case only if the officer lied in the affidavit or the judge erred in his finding of probable cause.

Search Warrants 101The no-knock search warrant is a by-product of our decades-old, and mostly failed, war on drugs. Dealers could and did get rid of their drugs quickly by flushing them down the toilet. Secondly, drug dealers had guns to protect their business. Those without guns were robbed and were soon out of business.Standing at a door and knocking and announcing loudly "Police Search Warrant," and then waiting for someone to come to the door is the way a search warrant is supposed to be executed. However, during the five or more seconds after the police announce their intentions, it gives the residents enough time to arm themselves or to destroy the evidence the police are seeking.The police needed a quicker way to enter and surprize the dealers who then didn't have any time to flush the drugs or to draw their weapons, and the no-knock clause was born. The three advantages police use are known as the three-S's, Superior Manpower, Superior firepower, and Surprise.A no-knock warrant is just like a knock and announce warrant except for allowing the officers serving the warrant authorization to enter without knocking and announcing. On the search warrant, it is usually a box that has to be checked and separately authorized by the issuing judge. The big difference is in the affidavit. Search warrants and affidavits to get search warrants are two separate documents.The search warrant is the result of the affidavit. The search warrant describes the specific location to be searched, identifies who the targets of the investigation are, what is to being searched for, and what types of evidence are can be seized.The affidavit is a summary of the investigation. This is the document that convinces a judge that probable cause exists for the issuance of the warrant. It will document controlled buys or undercover buys, surveillance, and anything else that investigating officers learned, leading them to believe that illegal activity or contraband is located at the target location.In a separate part of the affidavit, the investigating officer must make a case for a no-knock warrant. The two reasons most frequently used are the likelihood of the destruction of evidence and the likelihood of the police being injured by an armed resident.The officer should have specific information that one or both of these events are likely to occur.If the target has prior weapons charges, that can help establish a heightened risk. If the informant said that they saw the dealer with a gun, that also helps. If the target were previously charged with destruction of evidence, this would also be included. If the target has prior charges of assault or resisting arrest or any violent acts, this can also be included. The point is that the officer has to base the request for the no-knock on some facts. If I had a strong case, I would go for the no-knock clause and get it. However, I never used it.First, put yourself in the judge's shoes. The last thing a judge wants to do is deny a no-knock authorization, only to learn later an officer got injured or killed as a result.Every time I requested a no-knock warrant, I got it. So why ask for the no-knock and then not use it, you may ask? Unless you have executed a lot of high-risk search warrants, it hard to understand. But there is this fear of the unknown. When you go to the door, what awaits on the other side of that door is completely unknown and unpredictable.Let's say you go up on the porch and approach the door, and you hear a voice on the inside, say, "Cops! grab my gun." Are you going to knock, announce and stand by, or are you going to crash the door and hope not to get shot?I will say the five-second wait time was probably more like two or three seconds. But when I entered, and I usually was first through the door, I continued to yell "Police Search Warrant" over and over and over. I'm pretty sure the neighbors could hear my loud yells. I didn't want to get shot by mistake, so I made sure everyone knew we were the police.As for the time of day, I have executed warrants at all hours of the day and night. There is something to be said for sneaking up under cover of darkness, but that's not the deciding factor. Before a search warrant is executed, the investigating officer will or should be conducting surveillance to ensure that drugs are being sold. In some cases, an informant will be sent in for a last-minute controlled buy, to make sure the drugs are there. Never think that all warrants are executed in the early morning hours because that's wrong.Executing search warrants is extremely dangerous work. During about five hundred search warrants, I've had guns pointed at me twice during warrant executions and not gotten shot. My secret both times was mostly dumb luck.I believe both types of warrants are equally dangerous. With a knock and announce warrant, you allow the dealer time to arm themselves and take cover. With the no-knock warrant, the dynamic entry may cause a panicked resident to shoot in defense of their home. This is the dilemma officers face executing search warrants.