Attorney Regina Tsombanakis Explains What Excuse Police May Use To Search Your Car At A DUI Arrest

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“Are you referring to narcotics as something greater than the use of marijuana?”

Regina Tsombanakis– Criminal Defense Attorney – Broward County, FL

“Well, marijuana is what they use to search the car. The smell, because that’s the only one that smells can’t smell meth or anything. So… the odor of marijuana is a huge reason that officers, write on the probable cause, that they search your car. They stop… oh, soon as I come up, they’ll stop you… ‘Oh, your tints look dark’. They really want to search the car.

So, then they come up and say, ‘oh, smells like marijuana’, you know, and they search the car. If they find…whatever they find, maybe no marijuana, maybe they find cocaine. Whatever they find, you’re arrested. It starts with the odor of marijuana.”