Clause 5 - Limits on period of detention without charge
Criminal Justice Bill
10:30 am
Mr John Mann (Bassetlaw, Labour)
I am here to confuse the issue, but I hope that I do not do so too badly. I would like to hear the Minister's comments on a theoretical
example in which the possession of cannabis could be covered.
By the nature of drug dealing, dealers do not tend to keep drugs in their house. That is one reason why convictions are difficult. My example is about someone arrested for possession but who is known to be a drug dealer. The nature of dealing in my community is that drugs may be about to come from A to B and immediately be distributed to a wide range of people. Is that the sort of situation in which the police force in my area might contemplate using that ancillary power?