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Nathan accepted the response he received to his first series of questions without comment. Three ounces was a reasonable amount of pot, it was certainly a quantity that could result in a charge of dealing, but he considered it marginal for a property lived in by a pair of criminals with records and an acknowledged history of drug use; three ounces could easily be all for personal use.
Of greater interest to Nathan was the other reasons Neil Stopper had been arrested.
“We’ll put the drugs aside for the moment,” Nathan said, aware that it would be hard to get a conviction for dealing, and to try would only complicate things. “And turn instead to the money that was found in a sports bag under your bed.” The search had revealed which room was Neil Stopper’s and which was Lee Harding’s. N
