Post by ck4829 on Jun 7, 2017 15:16:28 GMT
As a U.S. citizen, Doyma Michel often traveled to Mexico to visit family, but June 2, 2014 would be different. As she waited to cross the border in San Ysidro, California, an officer with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol noticed four plastic bottles in her car.
That officer asked her to pull over so they could test the liquid. It would be the beginning of her unbelievable nightmare.
The officer pulled out a field drug test kit called the NARCOPOUCH. Doyma couldn't believe what happened next.
"He said, 'You are arrested.' And I asked why. He said, 'Because you have drugs,'" recalled Doyma.
The substance tested positive for meth. She was immediately arrested, booked, and charged with possession of drugs.
Doyma pleaded with them, insisting that the liquid -- called "cuajo" -- was used to make cheese, not drugs, but they wouldn't listen.
"I pleaded with them please test it accurately, but they stopped me from talking and locked me up," she continued.
Doyma would spend nearly over six months in a federal prison.
"I would plead with them, please, that this was an injustice happening to me," Doyma cried out.
Making matters worse, she says her appointed attorney pressured her to plead guilty to avoid a longer prison sentence. But Doyma refused.
What happened to Doyma is happening all over the county. Our nine-month FOX 13 investigation shines new light on bad drug tests revealed how faulty the kits are and now innocent people are being falsely arrested because of them.
www.fox13news.com/news/fox-13-investigates/53522129-story
Read more: burnoatus.freeforums.net/thread/367/months-jail-drug-test-error#ixzz4jKWSNCAX
That officer asked her to pull over so they could test the liquid. It would be the beginning of her unbelievable nightmare.
The officer pulled out a field drug test kit called the NARCOPOUCH. Doyma couldn't believe what happened next.
"He said, 'You are arrested.' And I asked why. He said, 'Because you have drugs,'" recalled Doyma.
The substance tested positive for meth. She was immediately arrested, booked, and charged with possession of drugs.
Doyma pleaded with them, insisting that the liquid -- called "cuajo" -- was used to make cheese, not drugs, but they wouldn't listen.
"I pleaded with them please test it accurately, but they stopped me from talking and locked me up," she continued.
Doyma would spend nearly over six months in a federal prison.
"I would plead with them, please, that this was an injustice happening to me," Doyma cried out.
Making matters worse, she says her appointed attorney pressured her to plead guilty to avoid a longer prison sentence. But Doyma refused.
What happened to Doyma is happening all over the county. Our nine-month FOX 13 investigation shines new light on bad drug tests revealed how faulty the kits are and now innocent people are being falsely arrested because of them.
www.fox13news.com/news/fox-13-investigates/53522129-story
Read more: burnoatus.freeforums.net/thread/367/months-jail-drug-test-error#ixzz4jKWSNCAX