London Drug Lawyers

There are many different ways you can end up being charged with a drug offence.

Sometimes police conduct complex investigations of targeted individuals or organizations. In many cases, however, police might be dealing with you for something completely unrelated, when by coincidence or even an unlawful search, they find you in possession of a controlled substance.

Traffic stops might lead to an unlawful search, or drugs are found at a house party and everyone in the home could be charged. It doesn’t matter how you came to be charged with a drug offence – we are committed to protecting you.

In many drug investigations, police target you based on unreliable or false information provided by confidential informants. Informants are often motivated by their own self-interest, such as payment from police or trying to avoid prosecution for their own misdeeds. In some cases police identify suspects based on preconceived notions and unconscious or conscious bias.

Rather than following the evidence and drawing a conclusion based on what it supports, investigators often start with an objective based on a faulty assumption, then look for evidence to support it.

Defending you against drug charges often involves arguing complex applications for the exclusion of evidence, known as “Charter applications”.

In Canada, our Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”) guarantees you protection against arbitrary detention, unreasonable searches of you or your property, and unreasonable seizure of your property.

The Charter also guarantees you the right to contact a lawyer of your choice, and to be told you have this right immediately upon your arrest or detention.

When drugs are found after police execute a warrant on your residence or search your vehicle, the police will often charge everyone in the residence or vehicle.

Even if there is no evidence connecting you or someone with you to drugs found in a location, police will charge you and the people with you. This is often done to pressure the true target of an investigation to plead guilty by charging innocent people near them.

If police take short-cuts in their investigation, or are not honest in their pursuit of warrants to search your home, vehicle, or even your person, we challenge this illegal conduct. This work is time consuming and complex, but our London drug lawyers are committed to protecting your freedom, and protecting you from the unlawful actions of government authorities no matter how you came.