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Class A Drugs Caution from 2018 Deleted

Our client had been issued with a police caution in 2018 for being in Possession of a Class A drug contrary to section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In short, police had been alerted by a ‘sniffer dog’ whilst our client was entering a public event.

After eight years, our client instructed us to make an application for caution removal. After reviewing the documentation received from both the police and ACRO, Saunders Law made an application for record deletion on the basis that it was no longer in the public interest to retain this police caution on his record.

We made the following arguments:

  • Our client was just 19 years old when the incident occurred,
  • The full implications of the caution were not explained to our client at the time,
  • As a result, our client has felt genuine regret and shame for 8 years now,
  • The caution was preventing our client from moving forward with his career,
  • Our client was offered an opportunity to move abroad to progress in his career but was unable to go due to this criminal record,
  • It has been over 8 years since the incident, and our client is otherwise of good character.

Saunders Law lodged the application in July 2026. We received the successful outcome within just 2½ weeks. The case was conducted by solicitor Amber Richardson, supervised by Ali Parker.

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