The report notes instances where the police are using the threat of planting drugs on suspects in Brazil. (paragraph 187)
The Special Rapporteur also raised concern about the 15-day detention of suspected drug traffickers in Peru and need for compliance with the obligation to provide by law for appearance without delay before a judicial authority.
Citation: Sir Nigel Rodley,'Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment' (2001) E/CN.4/2001/66