Questão jurídica principal
Whether the police fake-buy operation was a covert investigation under the BVE and thus required judicial authorization
Decisão extraída
Yes. Even an isolated fake purchase by an unrecognizable police officer can qualify as a covert investigation if it actively initiates contact with a suspect for investigative purposes.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court reaffirmed BGE 134 IV 266: any contact-initiating investigative conduct by an unrecognizable officer falls under the BVE regardless of deception intensity or intrusion level. Here the officer entered the shop, said he wanted something to smoke, and thereby actively initiated contact to prove a drug offense.