NSW police strip-search data shows lowest drug prosecution rate in seven years | ABC News

New data given to the ABC shows two thirds of all strip searches carried out by New South Wales police this year failed to find any drugs. The number of successful prosecutions over drugs has plummeted also. There's growing pressure on the state government to reform the system after a public inquiry was told about the use of strip searches - some possibly illegal - at a music festival. Victoria Pengilley reports. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-25/nsw-police-strip-search-data-shows-low-drug-prosecution-rate/11634324 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY If you're in Australia, you can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2mge4KH Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 You can also like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Or follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Or even on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews