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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Thanks for following up with the new info.

Not too knowledgeable on the UK legal system, but is there a way to get a peek at the caution notices? Employers can see that info through DBS, I imagine. Or, you could just ask him to see them because you're curious how it goes down.

[–]pinkprincess1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Depending on the kind of job he's applying for it most likely will haunt him for quite a few years until it's considered 'spent'.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah. But I'm saying if OP wants to verify the cautions maybe there is a way.

[–]DNMPickle 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This might not hold extreme relevance but i'll tell the tale anyway...

Spring of this year a group of close friends of mine got busted with weed by the cops. Everyone in the group got a normal fine except for one, who claimed that his family had an amazing lawyer that would get him out of it unscathed. Everyone called bullshit but low and behold, there were no repercussions or charges made to him within the following months.

After some time after the incident this friend suddenly and irrationally began to become cold and rude to our peers. Nobody could figure out why this was. He stopped hanging out with any of us at that point. Several days after last seeing him, police came to another friend's door looking for drugs. Luckily there was no warrant but police pressure was still there. In any case, it turns out that he could get out of his possession ticket by giving up somebody else, which happened to be a friend that had no involvement with the initial possession ticket. After searching the police ended up finding nothing and gave the 'traitor' a $300 ticket for lying to the police.

I would still say you can trust your friend, but you never know. Don't loose your head over it just keep your eye out.

[–]Theeconomist1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn! But its a lesson that for the most part, whenever police get involved, you can forget about relying on loyalty. Its going to be everyone for themselves for the most people.

And I think this is actually highly relevant to the OPs story. While it may not be happening, it is definitely something worthy of consideration.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

A caution on a section 5 weapon?

Either you, or your friend are talking bollocks. Lets assume it's the latter- you can't do anything about the texts or the contents, but you can keep a clean house for a bit for paranoia's sake. Without solid evidence they will have real problems getting the CPS to do anything.

Don't talk directly about anything illegal though a device that isn't encrypted in future. What few privacy laws exist are routinely breached by the security services.

[–]throwahooawayyfoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

make sure he completely wipes and does a hard reset or reformat on every piece of electronic gear they took. it's entirely possible that they loaded some sort of malware or something on there so they could keep tabs on him.

[–]ihavebigtanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were in the US, I would tell you your friend very likely snitched on someone IRL.

[–]electricuncalm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your computer or phone was in the hands of the police for several hours, you would assume they were contaminated and not use them anymore.

It's good opsec to apply that to everything.

[–]rondiculous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He snitched. Better kill him now while you still have the chance. /s

[–]shady_varchar -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

Burn down the house and move to Belize

[–]citizen6548 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Burn down Belize and move to the house.

[–]Raycharles123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pure genius

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