how do we know he didn't ask? he may have asked, they said no, he thought they had something to hide, and acted accordingly. we only know half the story. a parent wouldn't do something like this unless warranted by the actions of the children.

If he asked to check their bags and they said no and he was that terrified of them hiding something he could have refused to let them in the house. And why would you ask if you're going to snoop in their bags anyway? There are a handful of parents who do these kind of things to their kids who never did a single thing wrong in their life. There are a handful of parents who never trusted their own child regardless of what the child did. Saying no parent would do such a thing unless it's the child's fault is like saying parents who are overprotective etc. don't exist.

I never put blame on anyone. all I'm trying to say is that maybe OP and the friends exhibited behavior that justified the father's actions.

What action would justify the father's actions? Even if they did drugs or drank alcohol,it's still not right to let them in his house just to snoop in their bags instead of asking for permission to see their bag's content and not letting them into his house if they said no and he felt they are hiding something. Either way his actions wouldn't be justified in my eyes.

maybe something of value went missing? we don't know I'm just saying soooomething had to make him think this was a good idea and I would like to know what.

That's an idiotic assumption. As I said,a lot of parents would do this no matter what their child or their child's friends did. Nothing 'had' to happen for him to snoop in their bags. Even if something went missing or they did drugs,it would still be a very bad idea.

What about feet now?