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Extortion and blackmail

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Country: United States of America
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Hi, Recently I was threatened by someone telling me they would plantilligal substances in my car then call the police... Is this possible? If the call is made, can and will an officer search my car?

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It is illegal to make such a threat--report that to the police if need be--


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The turning point came two weeks ago when the president of Switzerland, Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, on the eve of his leaving office as part of a normal rotation, declared that American efforts to create a ``compensation fund'' for Holocaust survivors was ``nothing less than extortion and blackmail.
 
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