Drug Interdiction Stops

West Tennessee Drug Stop Lawyer

This scenario is playing out all too frequently on Tennessee highways: African Americans and people of Hispanic descent are followed by police and stopped on a pretext for searching their cars. Perhaps they have a tail light out, fail to signal a lane change, or are going one mile per hour over the posted speed limit.

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The police use the traffic stop to obtain the driver's consent to a search of the car. If the driver refuses, the officers bring in drug sniffing dogs.

Officers from the West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force's Interstate Interdiction Unit cruise the interstates in search of drug crime suspects. Other officers use similar techniques throughout the state.

Have you or a loved one has been arrested for a drug crime on the basis of racial profiling? Did the police stop you for a minor offense in order to search your vehicle? Please contact the criminal defense specialist at McAfee & McAfee, PLLC today for a free initial consultation and case evaluation.

Our attorneys comb through all the available documentation regarding your case, from police reports to the video tape of your encounter with police. We will watch the video multiple times, to determine if police acted properly. We look into why you were stopped, how you were stopped, and if the police violated your Fourth Amendment rights by performing an illegal search and seizure.

We have successfully defended many clients accused of drug-related crimes who were the targets of drug interdiction stops on Tennessee highways. Many were residents of other states and spoke limited English. We have resolved many cases in which our clients were unaware there were drugs in the vehicle.