Police drug stop and search - effects on driving licence

[E-bmw]

tim jb said:

A friend of mine was stopped by police who were acting as plain clothed drug vendors under suspicion of purchasing drugs. No drugs were purchased but they were still cuffed and searched. Police concluded the search after finding nothing illegal, asked them if they needed help with their drug use and my friend was on their way.

Does this encounter mean my mate has a marker on their driving licence / vehicle registration for drug use now?

ETA - This happened in public, not while driving.

Edited by tim jb on Friday 2nd February 15:43

What on earth makes you think this would have any impact on your driving licence?

[Greendubber]

tim jb said:

A friend of mine was stopped by police who were acting as plain clothed drug vendors under suspicion of purchasing drugs. No drugs were purchased but they were still cuffed and searched. Police concluded the search after finding nothing illegal, asked them if they needed help with their drug use and my friend was on their way.

Does this encounter mean my mate has a marker on their driving licence / vehicle registration for drug use now?

ETA - This happened in public, not while driving.

Edited by tim jb on Friday 2nd February 15:43

Not sure if serious...... but does your friend look like a user or a dealer?

And no, a Sec 23 search is just a stop search and nothing to do with driving.

[GasEngineer]

E-bmw said:

What on earth makes you think this would have any impact on your driving licence?

The OPs friend's driving licence is nothing to do with the OP's driving licence. He wasn't asking about his own licence.

[Sebring440]

tim jb said:

It's not an unlikely scenario

I think it's very unlikely!

[Greendubber]

tim jb said:

E-bmw said:

What on earth makes you think this would have any impact on your driving licence?

It was a passing thought - police carry out search suspecting drug use, and update the PNC profile and the suspects driving licence record as them being associated with drug use; marker placed on suspects registered vehicle. It's not an unlikely scenario

It's very unlikely, you can't update a driving license record with a drugs marker for a start.

[jeremyh1]

Does he wear a Rolex and smell of nice aftershave
or does he just smell like a gangie farmer

If he smells like a G farmer he will probably be ex communicated from his driving entitlement

If he is a proper bad man dealer you could start an Ask me anything thread

[Sheepshanks]

Greendubber said:

Not sure if serious...... but does your friend look like a user or a dealer?

OP suggests the friend is a user "asked them if they needed help with their drug use".

[Super Sonic]

GasEngineer said:

The OPs friend's driving licence is nothing to do with the OP's driving licence. He wasn't asking about his own licence.

Sometimes 'my friend' is a euphemism for the perpendicular pronoun.

[E-bmw]

GasEngineer said:

E-bmw said:

What on earth makes you think this would have any impact on your driving licence?

The OPs friend's driving licence is nothing to do with the OP's driving licence. He wasn't asking about his own licence.

Allegedly.

[E-bmw]

Super Sonic said:

GasEngineer said:

The OPs friend's driving licence is nothing to do with the OP's driving licence. He wasn't asking about his own licence.

Sometimes 'my friend' is a euphemism for the perpendicular pronoun.

^^^^ Wot 'e said.

[Yellowfez]

tim jb said:

E-bmw said:

What on earth makes you think this would have any impact on your driving licence?

It was a passing thought - police carry out search suspecting drug use, and update the PNC profile and the suspects driving licence record as them being associated with drug use; marker placed on suspects registered vehicle. It's not an unlikely scenario

Great idea if they actually did this!

[whimsical ninja]

tim jb said:

A friend of mine was stopped by police who were acting as plain clothed drug vendors under suspicion of purchasing drugs.

Please tell me your mate has gone up to some randoms in the street and asked where they could buy drugs only to discover they were old bill.

[NFT]

tim jb said:

whimsical ninja said:

Please tell me your mate has gone up to some randoms in the street and asked where they could buy drugs only to discover they were old bill.

I believe so.

I guess there won't be a marker for dealing then.

[OutInTheShed]

tim jb said:

A friend of mine was stopped by police who were acting as plain clothed drug vendors

Are there uniformed drug vendors?

[LosingGrip]

tim jb said:

I believe so.

Lol. Oh dear! That's unlucky...

It is possible that they submitted a D751 to the DVLA. Basically if there is evidence that your friend has a drug habit it can be reported to the DVLA who will look at doing a medical on them. If they pass happy days. If they fail...licence is revoked. If they refuse to do it. Its revoked also.

Hopefully one was submitted.

[Bigends]

LosingGrip said:

tim jb said:

I believe so.

Lol. Oh dear! That's unlucky...

It is possible that they submitted a D751 to the DVLA. Basically if there is evidence that your friend has a drug habit it can be reported to the DVLA who will look at doing a medical on them. If they pass happy days. If they fail...licence is revoked. If they refuse to do it. Its revoked also.

Hopefully one was submitted.

I dont believe he was driving at the time of the stop - why would Police submit such a form - if this was the case they'd have to do the same for everybody subject of a drugs search or arrest wouldn't they?

[LosingGrip]

Bigends said:

I dont believe he was driving at the time of the stop - why would Police submit such a form - if this was the case they'd have to do the same for everybody subject of a drugs search or arrest wouldn't they?

Doesn't have to be driving at the time (there are two different forms, one is for a driving incident the other isn't).

DVLA will take action if they are a persistent drug user...no idea what they class as persistent is though.

My department do them regularly if someone uses drugs.

[NFT]

LosingGrip said:

Doesn't have to be driving at the time (there are two different forms, one is for a driving incident the other isn't).

DVLA will take action if they are a persistent drug user...no idea what they class as persistent is though.

My department do them regularly if someone uses drugs.

Good way to get some of the "out of their mind" crowd off road, probably the worst road risk there is.

[hidetheelephants]

Because druggies worry so much about abiding by the law. They're no more likely to heed such a thing than a alky will think about not driving.

[dudleybloke]

OutInTheShed said:

Are there uniformed drug vendors?

Jogging bottoms, designer hoodie and man bag is the usual uniform.