Multiple choice

As an investigative officer, you are handed a case by Customs officials who have caught a woman smuggling drugs. She pleads that she is not a user and that she agreed to do it because she is very poor and needed money. Her medical test proves that she is not a user and her story is also checked out in your investigation.

What would be the most ethical choice for you under such circumstances?

  1. Report the matter to your senior and let her take a call on it.

  2. Arrest the woman and submit her case with her previous track record and present exigencies.

  3. Arrest the woman, interrogate her to extract information about her contacts and then let the law take its course.

  4. Confiscate the drugs but let her go subject to a written undertaking of good behaviour in future.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The law must be applied consistently regardless of the offender's personal situation. Arresting the individual and presenting all facts, including mitigating circumstances, to the court allows the legal system to decide the appropriate sentence.

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