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Tee hee
"Andreas" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:14mlwfrp15tdy$.14xw3geu9dtf.dlg@40tude.net...
> Hi, can anyone give me some advice? Off the record, advice of course.
>
> I recently moved to Gibraltar, last night I was crossing the border from
> Spain back into Gib. The customs stopped me, asked me if I was under the
> influence of drugs. I said no, I've had a few glasses of wine, but I don't
> take drugs. The customs man, then wanted to search me, I said why? I was
> wearing a short sleeved shirt and jeans, difficult to conceal anything...
> Anyway, he got all snotty and said, "If we want to search you we will", to
> which end I foolishly said somthing like "Don't be an asshole, I'm not
> hiding anything, please just let me go home". They then barged me into a
> side room, cuffed me and undid my shirt. Stupidly I became irate. Being
> held from behind the officer then undid my belt and button and dropped my
> jeans and underwear to my ankles - they were laughing. They didn't search
> me, didn't look in my pockets, didn't shove a finger up my backside, they
> just dropped my pants, humiliated me basically.
>
> They then took the cuffs off me and told me to get into a car, the driver
> was a burly bloke, no uniform, looked like a bouncer. So I ask where we're
> going, they wouldn't tell me. Gib is small but we had driven out of the
> town toward the end of the peninsular. I was becomming scared, the pants
> dropping incident had made me very anxious to say the least, so stupidly,
I
> tried to get out of the car when we slowed down (i really thought they
> we're going to beat the crap out of me), the guy then grabbed me by the
> neck and was strangling me, I was goddamned terrified. I struggled. The
car
> stopped and the driver got out to come round my side, i broke free and
> leant into the front of the car and started pressing the horn and shouting
> for help. They were trying to pull me into the back and I clung on. Then a
> policeman appeared, I almost hugged him. Unfortunatly he took me to the
> nick and arrested me.
>
> I spent 4 hours in the cells. I told the copper what happened and he was
> disgusted. I'm not a crook or a thug, I don't have a criminal record and
> i'm not a druggy. So they let me out this morning and tell me i'm in court
> on two counts of assault and one of obstructing a customs officer in his
> duties.
>
> I can't see a solicitor as it's bank holiday and I'm worried to death i'll
> lose my job and get a criminal record.
>
> No one read me my rights and no one took a statement, although I did sign
> some form this morning, I just wanted to get out of the damn police
> station.
>
> Not sure what to do. Can anyone give me some sanity? I'm a tad worried...
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