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Message started by easel on Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:50pm

Title: Gotcha!
Post by easel on Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:50pm

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   KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana. When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit claiming they have probable cause to raid the house. Instead of conducting a proper investigation which usually leads to no probable cause, the Kops lie on the affidavit claiming a confidential informant saw the plants and/or the police could smell marijuana coming from the suspected house.

   The trap was set and less than 24 hours later, the Odessa narcotics unit raided the house only to find KopBuster’s attorney waiting under a system of complex gadgetry and spy cameras that streamed online to the KopBuster’s secret mobile office nearby.


http://www.reason.com/blog/show/130429.html?success=1

Title: Re: Gotcha!
Post by freediver on Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:53pm
Doesn't sound plausible, otherwise people would constantly get raided for leaving the heater on. Are they supposedly monitoring electricity use?

Title: Re: Gotcha!
Post by locutius on Dec 12th, 2008 at 8:37am
So Kopbusters went through the motions of growing an illegal sustance to attract police interest then turned the police response into theatre all the while playing the indignant card. What does this group normally try to achieve?

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