Police Caution for Possession of Drugs Deleted

The record deletion success continues – another great outcome for Saunders Law.

Our client had been issued with a police caution in 2015 for being in possession of a class B drug.

After nine years, our client instructed us to make an application for caution removal.  After reviewing the documentation received from both the police and ACRO, Saunders Law made an application for record deletion under the grounds of incorrect disposal and that it was no longer in the public interest to retain the caution on her record.

Under the ground of incorrect disposal, we made the following arguments:

• At the time of the incident our client believed that what he had taken was, at that time in 2015, a ‘legal high’,
• When he was advised by police that what he had taken was an illegal drug, he became visibly worried about his health,
• He was interviewed without a solicitor present and kept telling the police officers that he believed the substance was a legal high,
• There was no thought given to our client’s statutory defence, namely that he did not know or suspect that he had taken a controlled substance.

Under the ground of public interest, we made the following arguments:

• At the time of the incident, our client believed what they were taking was a ‘legal high’,
• The implications of the caution were never explained to our client,
• Our client has spent the last nine years with regret and ashamed of his actions,
• The caution was now preventing him from moving forward with his career,
• The caution prevented him from travelling to certain countries with his friends and his partner,
• It has been over nine years since the incident and our client is of good character.

Saunders Law made the application in August 2024. We received the successful outcome in September 2024. The case was conducted by solicitor Amber Richardson, supervised by Ali Parker.