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The New Hampshire chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is challenging a circuit court on behalf of 18 people charged with drug possession after being stopped by customs and border protection agents in August and September.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped hundreds of vehicles roughly 90 miles from the Canadian border on Interstate 93 in August and September, and the Woodstock Police and New Hampshire State Police charged 44 of those people with drug possession, mostly for small amounts of marijuana, according to The Associated Press.
Officers used drug-sniffing dogs to find any contraband.
The ACLU’s motion filed Friday argues that using evidence gathered during federal searches in state prosecution cases violates the state’s constitution, which is more protective of privacy than the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU wants a circuit court judge to dismiss all drug charges.
This is big. These checkpoints were not only unconstitutional, but they violated the privacy of those lawfully traveling in NH. This hardly fits the spirit of “live free or die.” https://t.co/Ve52FhSsXT
— ACLU_New Hampshire (@ACLU_NH) December 12, 2017
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