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Unless the papers were required for some sort of investigation there would be no reason to seize the registration papers. It is possible that the papers got mislaid inside the Police vehicle and are not visible to the Cop for some reason (fell under/between a seat, on the floor, behind the MDT????) and he/she believes that they gave them back....or the other option is that the papers were given back and your brother mislaid them himself? Both cases the person could honestly be mistaken. Remember, you were not there and are getting second hand info from him. To quote you..." it was just your typical profiling road stop that I told him he would be getting from cops when he tinted his car and made it stand out. I'm wondering if this had anything to do with some sort of attitude being displayed on either side?
I suggest that your brother (why are you dealing with this for him BTW?) contact the particular Police force, explain the circumstances and ask the Watch Commander to check with the Members and get the one that stopped you to search his/her vehicle closely.
I had a DL slide down inside the cover of a siren switch box one time and had to spend about 1/2 an hour tearing the car apart to find it. It was completely out of sight and took a lot of looking on my part. Had I not found it I was going to be personally on the hook for the replacement cost.
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