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At my relative's place of business, they had a search warrant executed, pertaining to the illegal sale of tobacco products. I think it was due to selling single cigs, not like selling them to underage or with no license. I think they got into trouble for this before and had to pay a fine (no searching the place though). They stopped selling the single cigs, but probably started again because the customers kept asking for it.
Anyhow, from the information I've gotten so far, the cops actually tossed and searched their private quarters as well. I'm not sure if the warrent allowed for this or not, but the business is attached their residence, so I suppose it may have been allowed.
From what I've been told, they took items like cash they had, jewerly, passports, and I don't know else. It seems like they weren't given a receipt or other document that specified the items they took. They also weren't allowed to watch them search the place.
That last part kind of concerns me, seems like the cops could have taken or pocketed whatever and the relatives would have no proof. I'm not sure if they were taken advantage of or not, they don't speak English that well either so maybe they didn't understand?
I'm also a little worried about some stuff I kept at their residence (nothing illegal), including a locked safe. The safe appears to still be there locked, but unsure if any contents were removed (it's a sentry safe so it's not that hard to defeat the locks they have on those). It is there for some of (offsite) backups and contained some valuables as well.
I'm going to go check things out later today, but how do they go about getting their stuff back? Or how would I get my stuff back if I happen to be missing anything?
Cliffs:
Relatives had a search warrant executed on their place of business/residence
They aren't that great at English
Items were taken, but no receipt given, is that normal?
They weren't allowed to watch the search, is that normal?
How to get their stuff back?
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At my relative's place of business, they had a search warrant executed, pertaining to the illegal sale of tobacco products. I think it was due to selling single cigs, not like selling them to underage or with no license. I think they got into trouble for this before and had to pay a fine (no searching the place though). They stopped selling the single cigs, but probably started again because the customers kept asking for it.
Anyhow, from the information I've gotten so far, the cops actually tossed and searched their private quarters as well. I'm not sure if the warrent allowed for this or not, but the business is attached their residence, so I suppose it may have been allowed.
From what I've been told, they took items like cash they had, jewerly, passports, and I don't know else. It seems like they weren't given a receipt or other document that specified the items they took. They also weren't allowed to watch them search the place.
That last part kind of concerns me, seems like the cops could have taken or pocketed whatever and the relatives would have no proof. I'm not sure if they were taken advantage of or not, they don't speak English that well either so maybe they didn't understand?
I'm also a little worried about some stuff I kept at their residence (nothing illegal), including a locked safe. The safe appears to still be there locked, but unsure if any contents were removed (it's a sentry safe so it's not that hard to defeat the locks they have on those). It is there for some of (offsite) backups and contained some valuables as well.
I'm going to go check things out later today, but how do they go about getting their stuff back? Or how would I get my stuff back if I happen to be missing anything?
Cliffs:
Relatives had a search warrant executed on their place of business/residence
They aren't that great at English
Items were taken, but no receipt given, is that normal?
They weren't allowed to watch the search, is that normal?
How to get their stuff back?
Locked by OP request. OP, this name of yours has been locked from posting. -Anandtech Senior Moderator DrPizza
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