drug arrest
Seized with contraband
A drug arrest is an arrest for violating drug laws—possession, sale, manufacture, or trafficking of controlled substances.
The term appears frequently in news reports and criminal justice statistics: He has two prior drug arrests on his record.
Drug arrests have increased since the new policy took effect.
- bustFailure or sculpture
- raidSudden armed incursion
- search warrantDocument permitting lawful premises examination
- probable causeLegal threshold for searches
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
controlled substance · possession · handcuffs · trafficking · criminal charges · charges · cocaine · heroin · dealer · warrant · felony · squad · undercover · contraband · Miranda · Miranda rights · booking · holding cell
- drug incidentsoverdose, trafficking, fatal overdose, heroin overdose, sting operation
drug arrestcase dismissed
Legal proceeding terminated
release · not guilty verdict · acquittal · charges dropped · exoneration
drug arrestlet go
Cease holding something
warning · freedom · liberty · escape · clean record
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