What is the effect of a search warrant being used to seize and search a vehicle in a motor vehicle?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v Ferguson, 2018 BCSC 594 (CanLII):

He furthermore accepts that once evidence has been lawfully seized and searched, police are generally entitled, at common law, to share the fruits of their search with other law enforcement agencies: United States of America v. Wakeling, 2014 SCC 72.

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