Buy-Bust Operations

One of the most common ways in which law enforcement agencies apprehend persons
accused of illegal sale of drugs is through buy-bust operations. A buy-bust operation is a
form of entrapment, whereby a police agent disguised as a buyer of illegal drugs
undertakes a sales transaction with a seller. Suppose, however, that there is an irregularity
in the buy-bust operation, and illegal drugs are confiscated from an alleged seller, what are
the remedies and defenses of the accused seller?