The statute of limitations on any federal drug crime is five (5) years; therefore, the US Attorney's Office must indict you within five (5) years of the (alleged) commission of the offense, or a prosecution will be barred. Whether you will be arrested can only be answered with more specific information. However, in many less-serious (alleged) drug offenses, the Government decides that it would be more beneficial to receive your valuable information than it would be to prosecute you, and a "deal" (much like what you have described) is offered. If the information is valuable, the Government receives what it wants, and you get a "pass." Problems may arise, however, if the Government does not believe that you have been truthful; it believes that you know more that what you have told; or it just gets greedy for information. If the Government gets greedy, the issue must be resolved by negotiation with the federal prosecutor and the agents; otherwise, you may spend the balance of the time left for the statute of limitations to run under the threat of arrest.
-Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.
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