Often, an operative is tormented by a burning desire to work with the person being searched in another, more convenient place for him, namely, in a cell. Therefore, in practice, there are cases when, to the genuine surprise and horror of a searched citizen, several live rounds or even a bag of drugs are suddenly found at his home or office. What should I do in this case?
First – in no case should you take the find into your own hands. Subsequently, you will be able to apply for a fingerprint examination, proving that this item has never been in your hands (especially if the packaging is paper or plastic).
Second – a request should be made immediately to search the searched premises for samples of packaging material for a comparative study. In other words, it is necessary to raise the question of finding the remains of the packaging of a criminal bag. It does not matter that it will be a plastic film. The expert will be able to distinguish between samples of polyethylene. But if, with all your efforts, a similar packaging material cannot be found in the room, this will be your small victory. And even if the investigator refuses to grant your request, this will also be good. It goes without saying that these facts must be recorded in the Protocol.
Third – a request should be submitted for the removal of microparticles from the pockets of the operative who made the "discovery" for further expert comparison with the microparticles on the detected criminal packaging. Don't be confused by the investigator's refusal. Even a refusal in this situation is in your favor and should also be recorded in the search report.
Fourth – when signing the search report, you have the right to note that at the time of the discovery, there was no one understood near the "resourceful" operative, and if he was, he was looking at the frescoes on your ceiling at that time. But keep in mind that the person understood will be questioned in this case.
Fifth – you can note in the Protocol that it (the protocol) does not include as participants some persons who arrived at the search together with the investigator (if this, of course, is true, and this is often the case). Keep in mind that the law requires the name and surname of each person involved in the investigative action to be reflected in the Protocol. Therefore, the investigator's attempt to leave out of the Protocol people unknown to you, including masked people who wandered from one room to another during the search, should be recorded by you in the Protocol.
Sixth – when interrogating the results of the search, you will tell the investigator everything as it really happened, and make sure that your testimony is accurately stated in the interrogation Protocol. If a drug bag was "found" in your possession during the search, request that you be referred for a medical examination, as well as to donate your blood for an expert examination.
You can mark it (already for yourself) as an obvious puncture of the investigator, if at the end of the search he raked all your papers and documents into a cardboard box, without rewriting their details in the Protocol. Keep an eye on whether it seals this box (or, say, a bag). If not, it's a double puncture. In this case, no one will ever be able to prove that it was in your possession that certain incriminating documents were found during the search.
About prohibited items
So, the first is the drugs planted in the pocket. For some operas, this is the main method of dealing with drug addicts. Also, sometimes this technique is used during searches in criminal cases (to eliminate unnecessary persons from participating in the search).
In any case, do not be indignant, and most importantly, do not put your hand in your pocket and do not try to throw the bag away. Let the police do their job, and then demand the presence of witnesses. And already in their presence, demand:
a) to have your nails cut.
b) took a swab from the palms of your hands.
c) took a swab from the mouth.
Everything taken must be sealed in your presence and sent for examination. Remember-it will be very difficult for the police to explain the presence of the same marijuana in your pocket without confirming the drug content under your fingernails, drug particles on your palms and in your mouth.
If you are handed not a bag, but a syringe with a brown or transparent liquid or something wrapped in polyethylene, do not touch it with your hands in any case!
In front of witnesses, say that this is a provocation and demand:
a) fingerprinting a syringe or plastic bag
b) indicate that you are not wearing gloves at this time, and show your hands that there are no traces of syringe injections on them
C) require your urine to be tested for amiconic acid
d) if there is a brown liquid in the syringe, be sure to request a blood type test for you and in the syringe
It may happen that they will try to hang an amulet around your neck, from which they will later extract heroin in front of witnesses. Your actions are the same. Do not touch it with your hands. Ask witnesses to analyze your sweat and the sweat on the amulet.
It will be very difficult for a person who really takes drugs regularly to get away from such a "setup", since they will always have traces of drugs.
Dropped weapons and ammunition
When a handful of bullets or a grenade (most often with a smooth surface) is thrown into your apartment, office, or car, the first advice is the same – do not touch things with your hands, even if you are asked to do so. Again, demand the presence of witnesses.
Already with them it is necessary to demand:
a) fingerprinting these items
b) entering in the report the fact that you have no traces of engine oil on your hands and clothes
C) be sure to take swabs from your palms and clothing to analyze the content of metal particles or gun oil on them
If you were planted with a firearm, request an examination for the presence of your fingerprints on the clip, cartridges, or other internal parts of the weapon.
Remember: in this case, only your fingerprints are the main evidence of your guilt for the court.
And finally, about edged weapons. Criminologists determine cold weapons by a number of signs. If a certain attribute is missing, then the item is not recognized as a cold weapon.
Remember: you can store any cold weapon at home,in the garage, in the country.
It's a crime if you carry it with you or carry it in your car. A folding knife will only be recognized as a cold weapon if the blade is locked after opening.
A knife will not be considered a deck weapon if the blade length is less than 90 mm and the thickness of the upper part of the blade is less than 2.6 mm. The hardness of the blade steel is also important, because it is included in the "set of forensic properties of the object". In melee weapons, the hardness must be higher than 42 Rockwell units. Units of hardness are indicated by the Latin letters HRS and are written in any passport of a decent knife.
But it also happens that in the passports of knives, especially Chinese ones, the hardness of steel is greatly overestimated. For example, it is written "56 NRS", but in fact there are only 40. Today there is a balisong knife on sale (it is also called a "butterfly"). Its blade retracts into a movable handle consisting of two halves pivotally attached to the blade.
Know that balisongs from Korea are cold weapons, but not from China. The reason is the difference in the quality of the metal. So when you find a knife, do not rush to pay or agree to all the conditions, but see if you really have a cold weapon or not.
Fake money
This method is often used by fighters against economic crime. Suppose you were asked to put the contents of your pockets on the table. Pay special attention to the inspection of your banknotes. You will be deliberately distracted and imperceptibly planted with a fake bill. If your money is withdrawn (for examination or during detention), then ask for a census of the numbers in the Protocol and entry in the inventory of the words that your bills had a watermark. Why is this necessary? After some time, you may be presented with a photocopy of your bill and accused of making and distributing counterfeit money. The article is criminal and heavy, with decent terms.
Sometimes this option is also practiced. At the entrance to the exchange office, fighters against economic crime throw a fake bill (most often $ 100) on the floor. Counting on the fact that the poor don't go to this place very often. You pick up a piece of paper and take it to the exchange for authentication. Then the police block the exchange office, with witnesses, the money is withdrawn from you, and everything is fine with your fingerprints.
First – in no case should you take the find into your own hands. Subsequently, you will be able to apply for a fingerprint examination, proving that this item has never been in your hands (especially if the packaging is paper or plastic).
Second – a request should be made immediately to search the searched premises for samples of packaging material for a comparative study. In other words, it is necessary to raise the question of finding the remains of the packaging of a criminal bag. It does not matter that it will be a plastic film. The expert will be able to distinguish between samples of polyethylene. But if, with all your efforts, a similar packaging material cannot be found in the room, this will be your small victory. And even if the investigator refuses to grant your request, this will also be good. It goes without saying that these facts must be recorded in the Protocol.
Third – a request should be submitted for the removal of microparticles from the pockets of the operative who made the "discovery" for further expert comparison with the microparticles on the detected criminal packaging. Don't be confused by the investigator's refusal. Even a refusal in this situation is in your favor and should also be recorded in the search report.
Fourth – when signing the search report, you have the right to note that at the time of the discovery, there was no one understood near the "resourceful" operative, and if he was, he was looking at the frescoes on your ceiling at that time. But keep in mind that the person understood will be questioned in this case.
Fifth – you can note in the Protocol that it (the protocol) does not include as participants some persons who arrived at the search together with the investigator (if this, of course, is true, and this is often the case). Keep in mind that the law requires the name and surname of each person involved in the investigative action to be reflected in the Protocol. Therefore, the investigator's attempt to leave out of the Protocol people unknown to you, including masked people who wandered from one room to another during the search, should be recorded by you in the Protocol.
Sixth – when interrogating the results of the search, you will tell the investigator everything as it really happened, and make sure that your testimony is accurately stated in the interrogation Protocol. If a drug bag was "found" in your possession during the search, request that you be referred for a medical examination, as well as to donate your blood for an expert examination.
You can mark it (already for yourself) as an obvious puncture of the investigator, if at the end of the search he raked all your papers and documents into a cardboard box, without rewriting their details in the Protocol. Keep an eye on whether it seals this box (or, say, a bag). If not, it's a double puncture. In this case, no one will ever be able to prove that it was in your possession that certain incriminating documents were found during the search.
About prohibited items
So, the first is the drugs planted in the pocket. For some operas, this is the main method of dealing with drug addicts. Also, sometimes this technique is used during searches in criminal cases (to eliminate unnecessary persons from participating in the search).
In any case, do not be indignant, and most importantly, do not put your hand in your pocket and do not try to throw the bag away. Let the police do their job, and then demand the presence of witnesses. And already in their presence, demand:
a) to have your nails cut.
b) took a swab from the palms of your hands.
c) took a swab from the mouth.
Everything taken must be sealed in your presence and sent for examination. Remember-it will be very difficult for the police to explain the presence of the same marijuana in your pocket without confirming the drug content under your fingernails, drug particles on your palms and in your mouth.
If you are handed not a bag, but a syringe with a brown or transparent liquid or something wrapped in polyethylene, do not touch it with your hands in any case!
In front of witnesses, say that this is a provocation and demand:
a) fingerprinting a syringe or plastic bag
b) indicate that you are not wearing gloves at this time, and show your hands that there are no traces of syringe injections on them
C) require your urine to be tested for amiconic acid
d) if there is a brown liquid in the syringe, be sure to request a blood type test for you and in the syringe
It may happen that they will try to hang an amulet around your neck, from which they will later extract heroin in front of witnesses. Your actions are the same. Do not touch it with your hands. Ask witnesses to analyze your sweat and the sweat on the amulet.
It will be very difficult for a person who really takes drugs regularly to get away from such a "setup", since they will always have traces of drugs.
Dropped weapons and ammunition
When a handful of bullets or a grenade (most often with a smooth surface) is thrown into your apartment, office, or car, the first advice is the same – do not touch things with your hands, even if you are asked to do so. Again, demand the presence of witnesses.
Already with them it is necessary to demand:
a) fingerprinting these items
b) entering in the report the fact that you have no traces of engine oil on your hands and clothes
C) be sure to take swabs from your palms and clothing to analyze the content of metal particles or gun oil on them
If you were planted with a firearm, request an examination for the presence of your fingerprints on the clip, cartridges, or other internal parts of the weapon.
Remember: in this case, only your fingerprints are the main evidence of your guilt for the court.
And finally, about edged weapons. Criminologists determine cold weapons by a number of signs. If a certain attribute is missing, then the item is not recognized as a cold weapon.
Remember: you can store any cold weapon at home,in the garage, in the country.
It's a crime if you carry it with you or carry it in your car. A folding knife will only be recognized as a cold weapon if the blade is locked after opening.
A knife will not be considered a deck weapon if the blade length is less than 90 mm and the thickness of the upper part of the blade is less than 2.6 mm. The hardness of the blade steel is also important, because it is included in the "set of forensic properties of the object". In melee weapons, the hardness must be higher than 42 Rockwell units. Units of hardness are indicated by the Latin letters HRS and are written in any passport of a decent knife.
But it also happens that in the passports of knives, especially Chinese ones, the hardness of steel is greatly overestimated. For example, it is written "56 NRS", but in fact there are only 40. Today there is a balisong knife on sale (it is also called a "butterfly"). Its blade retracts into a movable handle consisting of two halves pivotally attached to the blade.
Know that balisongs from Korea are cold weapons, but not from China. The reason is the difference in the quality of the metal. So when you find a knife, do not rush to pay or agree to all the conditions, but see if you really have a cold weapon or not.
Fake money
This method is often used by fighters against economic crime. Suppose you were asked to put the contents of your pockets on the table. Pay special attention to the inspection of your banknotes. You will be deliberately distracted and imperceptibly planted with a fake bill. If your money is withdrawn (for examination or during detention), then ask for a census of the numbers in the Protocol and entry in the inventory of the words that your bills had a watermark. Why is this necessary? After some time, you may be presented with a photocopy of your bill and accused of making and distributing counterfeit money. The article is criminal and heavy, with decent terms.
Sometimes this option is also practiced. At the entrance to the exchange office, fighters against economic crime throw a fake bill (most often $ 100) on the floor. Counting on the fact that the poor don't go to this place very often. You pick up a piece of paper and take it to the exchange for authentication. Then the police block the exchange office, with witnesses, the money is withdrawn from you, and everything is fine with your fingerprints.
