Odessa Drug Trafficking Lawyer

Drug trafficking cases frequently involve multiple defendants. Law enforcement is on the lookout for two cars that are driving in tandem, staying together and passing other cars. Police often consider this driving behavior a signal that the cars might contain drugs. One vehicle may be speeding and looking out for law enforcement. If police notice this behavior, both cars may be stopped and searched. If police find drugs, even if only one vehicle carried contraband, they may arrest the occupants of both vehicles.

A drug trafficking case may also involve multiple defendants if several people are in the same location when police execute a search warrant. A key question in these cases is how the police determine how many and which individuals have knowledge of the drugs found on the scene.

Each time there is more than one person involved in a drug bust, there is potentially more evidence pointing to a certain individual than others. The police will often try to get one defendant to flip or testify against other defendants. In some situations, the original search warrant may have been issued based upon information provided by an undercover agent or confidential informant, and law enforcement may be targeting a specific person. Authorities look at all of these issues to try to determine which person has criminal liability.