 Any form of imprisonment where a person's freedom of liberty is removed can be classed as detention, although the term is often associated with persons who are being held without warrant or charge before any have been raised.Being detained for the purposes of a drugs search is tantamount to a temporary arrest, as it is not yet known whether charges can be brought against an individual, pending the outcome of the search.The term 'detained' often refers to the "immediacy" when someone has their liberty deprived, often before an arrest or pre-arrest procedure has yet been followed.