 |
 |
 |
 |
#749325 - 08/18/08 08:26 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: dtkap]
|
GOLDEN EAGLE 
GRAND Pooh-Bah
Registered: 01/29/06
Posts: 4555
|
sorry to hear about that. It seems as if it was an IOP order this would not happen. So I am going to guess it is from a source that goes over to mexico and bring the pills back. If you don't have an attorney I would talk to one or if they come back, tell them you are in the process of talking with a lawyer. That will make them angry, so I would mention that you have not deceided that you won't cooperate, but you just have to talk to someone first. They can do a lot of things, but make them go to the trouble of getting a warrent, and they may just pick on soeone else who is easier to intimidate. Anything you show them get them one step farther into not needing a warrent.
If you open your door they can claim they saw some pills in the open, thus they would not even need a search warrent. They will make you feel like this deal ends in two minutes if you don't cooperate, and don't forget it is not against the law for them to lie to you during an investigation.
Talk to an attorney, and have him talk to these guys, maybe you can get it taken care of with a one hour bill from an attorney. chances are they are after someone else, but you have a lot to lose if you don't use your rights. (IMO)
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
#749843 - 08/19/08 06:02 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: dtkap]
|
Veteran
Registered: 04/18/06
Posts: 501
|
dtkap - are you on a military base?
I am assuming that your mother is living with you and your husband - is your mother under your husband as a dependent? If not, he should really try to get her under him and get medical care for her. A military medical facility in MD(you can probably figure which one)took great care of me for my pain management when I was a dependent. Sure it took several visits, test, x-rays, Mri's , CAT' scans, etc. but they did me right. I am just wondering if she could get some adequate pain relief that way. She should not have to suffer. Burns me up that people have to go through this then alphabets show up, but i hope your mom isn't getting tainted meds or anything from some source she has had to go to relieve her suffering.
Don't worry, you panicked - you showed them you were being straight up and open. It's for your mom and I am assuming you told them that and they asked, right? I highly doubt you or hubby or even mom are in any trouble. Please be careful though, you have free legal consul available to you on your base or post as a military wife, so I'd go use it.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#757941 - 09/01/08 07:28 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: dtkap]
|
Member
Registered: 08/18/08
Posts: 128
Loc: An eastern tower Across a burn...
|
Well, I don't know why I, a suburban MD stay at home mom who cares for her own mom and kids and animals, rates an actual honest-to-gosh visit from two lovely and polite DEA agents today. I hemmed and hawed, but they apparently knew some stuff already, made it clear that they weren't after me - is that true, do you think? - and only wanted to go after the big bad guys who coat their pills with paint and use antifreeze as an ingredient. With quite straight faces, I must admit.
But oh sh**, they scared me to death!Hubby less than a year from a military retirement, and the crazy thing is, I don't even take the darn pills. Mom has severe spinal stenosis, is bed-bound and in contant pain from degenerative arthritis. To watch her cry from pain and know that most touch hurts her terribly is enough to make me go to my room and cry. And I'm on enough anti-depressant and sleep meds that I need nothing ordered for myself, thanks to the stress all this has brought on.
But on to practical matters. Will this tag team be back to search my home, look through my bank statements - I showed them one, don't ask me why, I too am asking why in the world? . . . Can they grill my neighbors about us? Take away my Social Security from my neurological disability? I just don't know, which I consider barbaric in itself. Why teach us algebra and calculus when we need to learn to conduct ourselves with dignity during drug raids? Okay, that's an exaggeration, but still . . . If some kind soul out there has any ideas, please let me know, I'm just totally at a loss here. I'm wandering in the wilderness with barely a candle to light the way and oh, brother, am I scared. I felt it necessary to reply to this one, because my brother was once in a somewhat similar situation. Feds got him in a drug related deal involving his boss that he hadn't wanted any part of. They were very freindly and told him they knew he was innocent, and got him to cooperate in bringing down his boss. They let him go. A year later he was advised they had decided to pursue a conviction on him as well. The first trial was a hung jury. Again they let him go.(they used all the recordings etc from when he helped bring the other guy down against him in trial) 6 months later they told him they were going to try him again. I personally witnessed how unfair and dishonest the prosecution was. To cut to the point, they are not your freind. Don't say anything to them without a lawyer, even though they will try to convince you that you don't have anything to worry about as long as you are cooperating with them. They are likely to turn this against you down the road, after they get whatever they want from you. My younger brother is still in federal prison today as a testement to that fact. 'Conspiracy' charges. They don't really care about guilt or innocence; a prosecuter's career is based on how many convictions they can rack up. P.S.- there is no parole in the federal system.
_________________________
McCain? Really? Take a good hard look at what Bush has done to this country.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previous Topic
Index