grasshopper
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While passing through airport screening on my way out of town on the 6th of January, a screener pulled a bottle of white powder from my toiletries kit and called in local law enforcement to question me about it. I explained to the officer that it was simply BC headache powder, however he didn't believe me and proceeded to call in another officer who brought with her some narcotics field testing kits. The officers subsequently tested the powder -- twice, in fact -- and both times got a negative result. After further questioning and full, fine-tooth searching of both my luggage and that of my travelling companion also yielded nothing out of the ordinary, the officers said we were free to go, but kept the aspirin bottle and its contents.
I flew to California and returned home to Florida two weeks later, having all but forgotten about what had happened. Then on the evening of the 26th of January I answered a knock at my front door to find sherriff's deputies with a warrant for my arrest -- saying that they had sent the powder to a laboratory and that it had tested positive for narcotics. I was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance (0.2 grams of methamphetamine according to the arrest affidavit) and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphenalia.
This all seems highly illegal to me, especially with regards to a chain of custody for said evidence.
I was just released from jail last night and haven't had the opportunity to speak with an attorney yet, but was hoping you might be able to share some of your thoughts on the situation -- any insight you might offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I flew to California and returned home to Florida two weeks later, having all but forgotten about what had happened. Then on the evening of the 26th of January I answered a knock at my front door to find sherriff's deputies with a warrant for my arrest -- saying that they had sent the powder to a laboratory and that it had tested positive for narcotics. I was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance (0.2 grams of methamphetamine according to the arrest affidavit) and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphenalia.
This all seems highly illegal to me, especially with regards to a chain of custody for said evidence.
I was just released from jail last night and haven't had the opportunity to speak with an attorney yet, but was hoping you might be able to share some of your thoughts on the situation -- any insight you might offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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