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You don't know the full facts of his situation and you're not sure if he's being straight with you.
I didn't mean to imply either....wrt to the former, i pretty much posted the full facts of his situation vis a vis the situation that i posted....he doesn't touch drugs -for any reason- and he's got a job. As to the latter what I tried to convey is that he's not paying attention; that he has issues with authority and hasn't pursued the fact that he is SUPPOSED to have a probation officer in LA county....but all he gets is a bill each month to pay the fee.

If he's on formal probation, which I'm sure he is if he's a convicted drug dealer, he has a probation officer.
it maybe that he's on informal probation, but nobody has informed of the change: he was told his probation would be transferred to LA county back in October...and that's been the end of it (except for the monthly payment).

At a bare minimum, he can always contact the probation department for a copy of his paperwork and to clarify the terms of his probation.
makes complete sense....thanks

You would expect his probation officer to intervene in a police investigation? To what end?
I have no idea, and I'm pretty ignorant about this whole thing....but I read somewhere that a probation officer has to authorize a probation search, so I would assume that the police would have something to show their authority in acting for the probation department.....if I'm wrong, so be it.
To me, however, that is the lesser of the two issues
Re: the other issue about the search, posted in the "Seizure" forum, I've never heard of rounding up evidence without some sort of receipt...particularly where there's no arrest.....but again, I don't know anything about the legal end of it, besides the circumstances just seeming like harrassment.
Plus, if he's supposed to notify his probation officer after a run in with the law, who is he supposed to tell?