So I was in the city today, sitting at a park with some mates, smoking and chatting and not causing any kind of fuss or bother, not rtrespassing, not lopitering, jsut generally hanging out and being model citizens. I don't look like a raver, or a dealer, or a dodgy cunt in any way, I'm wearing flared jeans with a couple of patches, work boots and a t-shirt. Clean shaven, nice hair, no record. I go to uni. I was in the army. I'm a model fucking citizen. A paddywagon rolled up, a couple of uniforms get out and were all "Can we talk to you mate?"

So they search me, tell me to empty my pockets, pat me down, emptied my bag out and said there had been complaints made against me by security for the building next to the park. I had a small locking knife, single-edge half-serrated that I use for cutting up fruit and shit, just because it's a handy tool. I had some antibiotics and APAP painkillers I was prescribed (recent surgery) and a small bottle of caffeine and phenylalanine capsules I use for study and shit. I had a few little baggies that had been literally kicking around my bag for months with no real purpose, and given that they can be bought over the counter from about five shops within walking distance by anyone, I don't think they really consitute any kind of offence.

And then they searched everyone else there, found a pill on my gf, and she got arrested. She's seventeen, I'm eighteen, only a month or two difference in age. She had gotten fired from her job earlier that morning, for apparently 'associating with an unsavoury element'. Cops took her away in the paddywagon, but later brought her back - She had been officially cautioned, and told that if she was seen in the park again she'd be issued a move-on notice, and if she was seen with me, she'd be arrested and charged.

I didn't get a chance to talk to her before they took her away, we were being searched almost simultaneously on opposite sides of he park, so I couldn't let her know about her rights and all that - She doesn't do many drugs, and doesn't know the letter of the law in the same way that most of the rest of us do. So I didn't know if she was going to wind up being bullied into a confession, offered a deal, or even told the measure of her crime compared to the overall scheme of things.

And yeah, she got the pill off me, but I wasn't dealing. The day before some guy had been in town and said "I need money to get home, I'll sell you this pill for $20", and I'd read decent reports about that press on pillreports, so yeah, I bought it. I was going to save it for personal use, but decided just to give it to her because I didn't really want it anyway.

But according to what the cops were saying to her, they seem to think I'm some mad-heavy dealer and running all this shit and I'm really fucking pissed off because I genuinely cared about her, and now we can't be together - Well, we can, but I'm going to have to talk to legal aid about just how far they can restrict personal contact, and because I'm DOUBTLESS under surveillance when there are people out there ACTIVELY RUINING LIVES by selling keys of horse and gear and shit.

Like, I've sold drugs before. I'm not going to lie about that. but it's not, like, a full-time occupation? I've never had more then three pills on me, or a handful of tabs? I don't make profits off these things, i just usually know someone who wants something and someone who can get it, so I'll help 'em out. And I've never bought, or sold drugs, in that park. We hang out there a lot, and I'm sure there are a lot of people that do, but it certainly wasn't either of us.

I'm not angry at the police - Well, I am, but not just like "Omfg fucking pigs", which is what all the douchebags around me were saying afterwards. On the whole, cops in australia seem to be pretty decent, and on the level. I just think they've been fed COMPLETELY the wrong end of the stick and have jumped in boots-first. I'm trying to figure out if I've pissed anyone off enough that they would tell security that I've been dealing heavily in that area.

Fucking shitheels. Do I have any kind of leg to stand on here? Like, neither of us were charged, but I know this won't be the end of it. I'm fairly certain my phone is going to be tapped, if it's not already, and I just want to be able to continue my own recreational use of psychedelics and personal exploration in unmolested peace, with the people I want to.

Hmm....do you still have the prescription for your meds? If so, they have no grounds to charge you on. Just because you have a few baggies with residue doesnt mean you have enough for intent to sell or distribute. Your an aussie right?(guess from the paddywagon) If so, 1 tiny pill isnt enough to be able to sell, so the most your gf couldve gotten was possession, but being 17 she got cautioned(as you said). The cops cant do shit. I'd say get rid of the baggies. Also, stop carrying knives/weapons(if you live in perth). If you do, you seen that new law how they can search you and give you mandatory jail time if you get caught with a weapon? Even without probable/just cause.....

Also for your phone being tapped, im pretty sure they need a warrant, and they need to show it to you. Also, i'd go find the person who made the complaint. Just get rid of any/all drug paraphernalia from your house/car, just incase. Ill assume the cops got your details, so just be wary.

Yeah, perth.

Cheers for the response. I've cleaned house, new phone no and new hangouts.

Regarding the knife, it was a small folding gerber with a 2.5" locking blade I used for fruit and rope and shiot like that. but emh, I'll swap to a leatherman - Unless they're a weapon too? I'll have to look into these new regs...

Just a quick line from Canada. The fellow above was right on about getting a copy of tour Rx,, and even an entire history of Rx from the pharmacy.

The small bags could be used as individual doses of your meds to make sure you're getting the right dose. My drug store sells like 5 different sizes of bags.

You MUST refer to the knife as a "tool" and not for self-defense or any other reason.

Good Luck

ICEMAN1968.

and if she was seen with me, she'd be arrested and charged.


What bullshit is this?

Somebody explain to me how they can do that?

What bullshit is this?

Somebody explain to me how they can do that?

I'm almost certain they can't. Even thought I know next to nothing about Australian law, freedom of assembly is a very basic right, which I'd assume all western nations uphold in it's general sense, especially since neither he nor his girlfriend were charged.

Although, having said that, I've seen the government in the UK do some fucked up things to our basic rights in the last few years, so I could be wrong.

Yeah Im from down under as well and im pretty sure they cant do shit probably just more said it to be menacing then anything they can't charge her from hanging around you.

I almost wouldn't be surprised to hear you say you live in NSW or QLD all the coppers in these 2 states are pretty rough (Well the ones I have had dealings with)

I would just lay low and start hanging out in new spots sounds like the seco's at the building across the road are your really worry they must have called you in a few times.

So just remember play it cool and the whole time hum

"Whats the colour of a 2 cent piece copper copper"