TDs to be told gardaí may claim to ‘smell cannabis’ as pretext for unlawful searches
Legal experts say the tactic is used to bypass gaps in police powers, disproportionately targeting young men in working-class areas.
TDS AND SENATORS sitting on the Oireachtas Drugs Committee will today be told that gardaí may falsely claim to have smelled cannabis as an unlawful pretext to stop and search an individual.
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