Crucial in proving chain of custody is the
marking of the seized drugs or
other related items immediately after they are seized from the accused. Marking
after seizure is the starting point in the custodial link, thus, it is vital
that the seized contraband are immediately marked because succeeding handlers
of the specimens will use the markings as reference. The marking of the
evidence serves to separate the marked evidence from the corpus of all other
similar or related evidence from the time they are seized from the accused
until they are disposed of at the end of criminal proceedings, obviating
switching, "planting," or contamination of evidence.
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