Q: During a traffic stop, drugs were found on passenger, police report only lists driver. Potential charges for the driver?
I am a taxi driver. During a traffic stop I had recently gotten a citation, of which I have already taken care of. On that citation, there are two case numbers. Looking up the second case number, brang up an incident report containing my name only as other individuals involved, the only victim being "public and society". And the narcotic(s) that were seized. I noticed it doesn't have any information about my passenger being in the vehicle with me at all during the traffic stop. Or that the narcotic(s) were found on her or in her personal belongings (which remained outside of the vehicle during the entire search). Would that be enough to determine that they are going to charge me with the narcotic(s) after they come back from the lab? My reputation, as well as my job, are both at stake because of this.
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