Cop wins RCMP settlement after highway search

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Cop wins RCMP settlement after highway search

HOPE, B.C. - A Vancouver man has won an out-of-court settlement from the RCMP after an incident in which he says he was illegally searched by an American police officer.

Last spring, David Laing was driving on a highway near Hope, B.C., when he was pulled over by a man with a heavy Texas accent.

"In a very thick American accent from the southern states, he advised me it was a British Columbia road check. And he asked me for my driver's licence and my vehicle registration," said Laing.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/01/28/texas-bc050128.html

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