Question juridique clé
Whether the alcohol test purchase constituted covert investigation under the Federal Act on Covert Investigation.
Solution extraite
The youth test purchase was a covert investigation because it involved contact initiation by a police-directed, non-recognizable person.
Motifs extraits
Under the Federal Court case law, any targeted contact by an undercover police-instructed person with a suspected person for evidentiary purposes falls under covert investigation, irrespective of intensity. The present operation was not authorized and could not be authorized because it was not a catalogue offence under Art. 4 BVE.