Drug alert: Strip search f. Drug alert: Body cavity search g.VCUPD officers shall not conduct strip searches. The institution used the searches because it had experienced an increase in drug trafficking and confiscations of weapons in the facility. A strip search can be both invasive and embarrassing. Law enforcement must follow specific protocols to perform a valid strip search. On brief, the Commonwealth argues that the search was constitutional because. Strip searches have turned up plenty of visitors trying to sneak in drugs. Some prisoners have overdosed and died. In light of the drug charge,.