Warrant not needed for truck searches

REGINA -- Despite not obtaining a search warrant, the Supreme Court of Canada said the seizure of nearly 400 pounds of marijuana and a large stash of money in Saskatchewan was within the law.


Initially, the two men occupying the semi were acquitted by a trial judge who determined that the men had been detained arbitrarily and that the search infringed their right to privacy. The judge excluded the money and marijuana from evidence, causing the men to be acquitted...to read the rest of the article click here