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Sounds like a veiled LEO attempt to enter this building without a warrant to me.

 

leo makes up a fake crime on or near the premises to gain entry "looking for suspects"then confiscate everything they want legally with no problems.

 

LMAO KD. You could not hit the nail on the head any better. The officer that arrived on the scene Becky whatever...I have dealt with her before. The Milford PD love to enter houses without search warrants. I know from personal experience.

 

Too bad for those fellas that got hit. 2800 plants is nothing to screw around with. Hopefully they have a real good lawyer.

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By Greg Campbell l Published: Thursday, June 10 2010 09:35 weed%20money.jpgAnother day, another pot bust. And how! Michigan cops hit the mother lode recently when busting up a burglary in progress at a warehouse that, they soon discovered, contained enough marijuana to end deforestation in the Amazon. "We collected at least 2,800 plants from the building, and piles and piles of boxes and bales of packaged marijuana," Milford police Lt. Tom Callahan told his local paper. "There was so much dope, plants, lights and apparatus for growing we needed several trucks and trips to take it all out."

 

Here's the best part -- Callahan said each plant was capable of producing 2.2 pounds of marijuana and that each plant was worth $8,000 in street value. That's $22.4 million, for the plants alone. If the growers were able to produce 2.2 pounds from any plant smaller than an eight foot tall Christmas tree (and consistently), they should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in Botany, if there were such a thing. No wonder people get into the business of growing pot thinking they'll be the next Donald Trump -- the police have raised their expectations beyond all hope.

 

Anyone who has ever tried to grow a cannabis plant knows that you are jackpot lucky to get a half-pound of buds from a typical plant, and that's if everything goes flawlessly. Cultivating marijuana is both a science and an art form, one that's fraught with pitfalls. The plants are hardy, but they're also fickle, susceptible to pests, diseases, mold and fungus. Screw up the nutrients or the climate, and the plants can be stunted, reducing their yield. Mess up the harvest and they can get infected with mold. Trying to figure out how much usable marijuana will come off each plant is like trying to figure out how many apples an apple tree will produce.* Even if you successfully coax out a few ounces of bud, the quality and potency -- and therefore the value -- rely on a galaxy of variables that depend on both the skill of the grower and a good dose of luck.

 

That cops routinely exaggerate the value of marijuana busts is old news. The rule of thumb seems to be for cops to presume that each seedling they seize will be a Cannabis Cup winner, never mind that there's a 50-50 chance that seed-grown plants will be male and therefore worthless, or that an outbreak of Botrytis two weeks before harvest will bring their collective value down to $0. If there is any bright side, defendants who win their cases (in medical marijuana instances) and sue for the value of their confiscated crop, the prosecutors' own conflated figures can equal a payday well beyond what they could have expected had they been left alone.

 

The timing of this bust is prophetic; just yesterday I received an email from a reader about this very topic, who railed against the often ludicrous figures reported for pot busts. In his words:

 

If Granny Goodseed has a single plant growing on her back porch in an effort to relieve her knee pain and the cops are called in by the gas company, she is arrested and charged with harboring "$5,000 worth of pot." This way cops get a much-desired headline and the poor woman gets a felony conviction. What a deal! No, she doesn't go to jail, but it costs her what little savings she has and drives her into an early grave.

 

But she "deserves it," right? I mean, she "broke the law." What all the deluded squares don't get is that this woman never grew anything but a daisy before and doesn't have a clue how to do it. She got this one little seed from a half smoked joint her dumb-donkey grandson left by accident, stuck it in a pot, put it in the sun and watered it.

 

She doesn't know or care that the plant is a MALE and thus has virtually NO THC, so it will not get her high, just give her a headache! Plus she doesn't know how to flower or cure it, which takes skills she lacks. But this one poor little plant, a true product of Nature, must contain some inherent magical qualities.

 

Although it has not and cannot grow to the point where it produces the ability to relieve her pain, it is "WORTH" a year of her Social Security.

 

Some might consider this scenario to be overstating it a bit, but why should the cops have all the fun in that department?

 

Six people were arrested in relation to the bust in Michigan and they will be tried in federal court; the police didn't release photos of the seizure because, in the words of Lt. Callahan, "showing evidence to the media has been argued as prejudicial to the defense."

 

Conflating the estimated yield and value beyond the bounds of botanical science, however, is apparently not.

 

*Credit for the comparison goes to Weedhound on the Cannabis.comanother pot bust. And how! Michigan cops hit the mother lode recently when busting up a burglary in progress at a warehouse that, they soon discovered, contained enough marijuana to end deforestation in the Amazon. "We collected at least 2,800 plants from the building, and piles and piles of boxes and bales of packaged marijuana," Milford police Lt. Tom Callahan told his local paper. "There was so much dope, plants, lights and apparatus for growing we needed several trucks and trips to take it all out."

 

Here's the best part -- Callahan said each plant was capable of producing 2.2 pounds of marijuana and that each plant was worth $8,000 in street value. That's $22.4 million, for the plants alone. If the growers were able to produce 2.2 pounds from any plant smaller than an eight foot tall Christmas tree (and consistently), they should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in Botany, if there were such a thing. No wonder people get into the business of growing pot thinking they'll be the next Donald Trump -- the police have raised their expectations beyond all hope.

 

Anyone who has ever tried to grow a cannabis plant knows that you are jackpot lucky to get a half-pound of buds from a typical plant, and that's if everything goes flawlessly. Cultivating marijuana is both a science and an art form, one that's fraught with pitfalls. The plants are hardy, but they're also fickle, susceptible to pests, diseases, mold and fungus. Screw up the nutrients or the climate, and the plants can be stunted, reducing their yield. Mess up the harvest and they can get infected with mold. Trying to figure out how much usable marijuana will come off each plant is like trying to figure out how many apples an apple tree will produce.* Even if you successfully coax out a few ounces of bud, the quality and potency -- and therefore the value -- rely on a galaxy of variables that depend on both the skill of the grower and a good dose of luck.

 

That cops routinely exaggerate the value of marijuana busts is old news. The rule of thumb seems to be for cops to presume that each seedling they seize will be a Cannabis Cup winner, never mind that there's a 50-50 chance that seed-grown plants will be male and therefore worthless, or that an outbreak of Botrytis two weeks before harvest will bring their collective value down to $0. If there is any bright side, defendants who win their cases (in medical marijuana instances) and sue for the value of their confiscated crop, the prosecutors' own conflated figures can equal a payday well beyond what they could have expected had they been left alone.

 

The timing of this bust is prophetic; just yesterday I received an email from a reader about this very topic, who railed against the often ludicrous figures reported for pot busts. In his words:

 

If Granny Goodseed has a single plant growing on her back porch in an effort to relieve her knee pain and the cops are called in by the gas company, she is arrested and charged with harboring "$5,000 worth of pot." This way cops get a much-desired headline and the poor woman gets a felony conviction. What a deal! No, she doesn't go to jail, but it costs her what little savings she has and drives her into an early grave.

 

But she "deserves it," right? I mean, she "broke the law." What all the deluded squares don't get is that this woman never grew anything but a daisy before and doesn't have a clue how to do it. She got this one little seed from a half smoked joint her dumb-donkey grandson left by accident, stuck it in a pot, put it in the sun and watered it.

 

She doesn't know or care that the plant is a MALE and thus has virtually NO THC, so it will not get her high, just give her a headache! Plus she doesn't know how to flower or cure it, which takes skills she lacks. But this one poor little plant, a true product of Nature, must contain some inherent magical qualities.

 

Although it has not and cannot grow to the point where it produces the ability to relieve her pain, it is "WORTH" a year of her Social Security.

 

Some might consider this scenario to be overstating it a bit, but why should the cops have all the fun in that department?

 

Six people were arrested in relation to the bust in Michigan and they will be tried in federal court; the police didn't release photos of the seizure because, in the words of Lt. Callahan, "showing evidence to the media has been argued as prejudicial to the defense."

 

Conflating the estimated yield and value beyond the bounds of botanical science, however, is apparently not.

 

*Credit for the comparison goes to Weedhound on the Cannabis.com chat boards.take it all out to get a half-pound of buds from a typical plant, and that' will be male and therefore worthless, or that an outbreak of Botrytis two weeks before harvest will bring their collective value down to $0. If there is any bright side, defendants who win their cases (in medical marijuana instances) and sue for the value of their confiscated crop, the prosecutors' own conflated figures can equal a payday well beyond what they could have expected had they been left alone.

 

The timing of this bust is prophetic; just yesterday I received an email from a reader about this very topic, who railed against the often ludicrous figures reported for pot busts. In his words:By Greg Campbell l Published: Thursday, June 10 2010 09:35 weed money.jpgAnother day, another pot bust. And how! Michigan cops hit the mother lode recently when busting up a burglary in progress at a warehouse that, they soon discovered, contained enough marijuana to end deforestation in the Amazon. "We collected at least 2,800 plants from the building, and piles and piles of boxes and bales of packaged marijuana," Milford police Lt. Tom Callahan told his local paper. "There was so much dope, plants, lights and apparatus for growing we needed several trucks and trips to take it all out."

 

Here's the best part -- Callahan said each plant was capable of producing 2.2 pounds of marijuana and that each plant was worth $8,000 in street value. That's $22.4 million, for the plants alone. If the growers were able to produce 2.2 pounds from any plant smaller than an eight foot tall Christmas tree (and consistently), they should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in Botany, if there were such a thing. No wonder people get into the business of growing pot thinking they'll be the next Donald Trump -- the police have raised their expectations beyond all hope.

 

Anyone who has ever tried to grow a cannabis plant knows that you are jackpot lucky to get a half-pound of buds from a typical plant, and that's if everything goes flawlessly. Cultivating marijuana is both a science and an art form, one that's fraught with pitfalls. The plants are hardy, but they're also fickle, susceptible to pests, diseases, mold and fungus. Screw up the nutrients or the climate, and the plants can be stunted, reducing their yield. Mess up the harvest and they can get infected with mold. Trying to figure out how much usable marijuana will come off each plant is like trying to figure out how many apples an apple tree will produce.* Even if you successfully coax out a few ounces of bud, the quality and potency -- and therefore the value -- rely on a galaxy of variables that depend on both the skill of the grower and a good dose of luck.

 

That cops routinely exaggerate the value of marijuana busts is old news. The rule of thumb seems to be for cops to presume that each seedling they seize will be a Cannabis Cup winner, never mind that there's a 50-50 chance that seed-grown plants will be male and therefore worthless, or that an outbreak of Botrytis two weeks before harvest will bring their collective value down to $0. If there is any bright side, defendants who win their cases (in medical marijuana instances) and sue for the value of their confiscated crop, the prosecutors' own conflated figures can equal a payday well beyond what they could have expected had they been left alone.

 

The timing of this bust is prophetic; just yesterday I received an email from a reader about this very topic, who railed against the often ludicrous figures reported for pot busts. In his words:

 

If Granny Goodseed has a single plant growing on her back porch in an effort to relieve her knee pain and the cops are called in by the gas company, she is arrested and charged with harboring "$5,000 worth of pot." This way cops get a much-desired headline and the poor woman gets a felony conviction. What a deal! No, she doesn't go to jail, but it costs her what little savings she has and drives her into an early grave.

 

But she "deserves it," right? I mean, she "broke the law." What all the deluded squares don't get is that this woman never grew anything but a daisy before and doesn't have a clue how to do it. She got this one little seed from a half smoked joint her dumb-donkey grandson left by accident, stuck it in a pot, put it in the sun and watered it.

 

She doesn't know or care that the plant is a MALE and thus has virtually NO THC, so it will not get her high, just give her a headache! Plus she doesn't know how to flower or cure it, which takes skills she lacks. But this one poor little plant, a true product of Nature, must contain some inherent magical qualities.

 

Although it has not and cannot grow to the point where it produces the ability to relieve her pain, it is "WORTH" a year of her Social Security.

 

Some might consider this scenario to be overstating it a bit, but why should the cops have all the fun in that department?

 

Six people were arrested in relation to the bust in Michigan and they will be tried in federal court; the police didn't release photos of the seizure because, in the words of Lt. Callahan, "showing evidence to the media has been argued as prejudicial to the defense."

 

Conflating the estimated yield and value beyond the bounds of botanical science, however, is apparently not.

 

*Credit for the comparison goes to Weedhound on the Cannabis.com chat boards.

 

in by the gas company, she is arrested and charged with harboring "$5,000 worth of pot." This way cops get a much-desired headline and the poor woman gets a felony conviction. What a deal! No, she doesn't go to jail, but it costs her what little savings she has and drives her into an early grave.

 

But she "deserves it," right? I mean, she "broke the law." What all the deluded squares don't get is that this woman never grew anything but a daisy before and doesn't have a clue how to do it. She got this one little seed from a half smoked joint her dumb-donkey grandson left by accident, stuck it in a pot, put it in the sun and watered it.

 

She doesn't know or care that the plant is a MALE and thus has virtually NO THC, so it will not get her high, just give her a headache! Plus she doesn't know how to flower or cure it, which takes skills she lacks. But this one poor little plant, a true product of Nature, must contain some inherent magical qualities.

 

Although it has not and cannot grow to the point where it produces the ability to relieve her pain, it is "WORTH" a year of her Social Security.

 

Some might consider this scenario to be overstating it a bit, but why should the cops have all the fun in that department?

 

Six people were arrested in relation to the bust in Michigan and they will be tried in federal court; the police didn't release photos of the seizure because, in the words of Lt. Callahan, "showing evidence to the media has been argued as prejudicial to the defense."

 

Conflating the estimated yield and value beyond the bounds of botanical science, however, is apparently not.

 

*Credit for the comparison goes to Weedhound on the Cannabis.com chat boards.

 

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By Greg Campbell l Published: Thursday, June 10 2010 09:35 weed%20money.jpgAnother day, another pot bust. And how! Michigan cops hit the mother lode recently when busting up a burglary in progress at a warehouse that, they soon discovered, contained enough marijuana to end deforestation in the Amazon. "We collected at least 2,800 plants from the building, and piles and piles of boxes and bales of packaged marijuana," Milford police Lt. Tom Callahan told his local paper. "There was so much dope, plants, lights and apparatus for growing we needed several trucks and trips to take it all out."

 

Here's the best part -- Callahan said each plant was capable of producing 2.2 pounds of marijuana and that each plant was worth $8,000 in street value. That's $22.4 million, for the plants alone. If the growers were able to produce 2.2 pounds from any plant smaller than an eight foot tall Christmas tree (and consistently), they should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in Botany, if there were such a thing. No wonder people get into the business of growing pot thinking they'll be the next Donald Trump -- the police have raised their expectations beyond all hope.

 

Anyone who has ever tried to grow a cannabis plant knows that you are jackpot lucky to get a half-pound of buds from a typical plant, and that's if everything goes flawlessly. Cultivating marijuana is both a science and an art form, one that's fraught with pitfalls. The plants are hardy, but they're also fickle, susceptible to pests, diseases, mold and fungus. Screw up the nutrients or the climate, and the plants can be stunted, reducing their yield. Mess up the harvest and they can get infected with mold. Trying to figure out how much usable marijuana will come off each plant is like trying to figure out how many apples an apple tree will produce.* Even if you successfully coax out a few ounces of bud, the quality and potency -- and therefore the value -- rely on a galaxy of variables that depend on both the skill of the grower and a good dose of luck.

 

That cops routinely exaggerate the value of marijuana busts is old news. The rule of thumb seems to be for cops to presume that each seedling they seize will be a Cannabis Cup winner, never mind that there's a 50-50 chance that seed-grown plants will be male and therefore worthless, or that an outbreak of Botrytis two weeks before harvest will bring their collective value down to $0. If there is any bright side, defendants who win their

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Sounds like a veiled LEO attempt to enter this building without a warrant to me.leo makes up a fake crime on or near the premises to gain entry "looking for suspects"then confiscate everything they want legally with no problems.

 

True story. And sadly, at the time I thought it was funny. Years ago, one of my professors in my professional school, a salty old dog, had been an expert in a particular department for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for many, many years before semi-retiring to teaching law. He told a story of how they would conduct a warrantless search. They would send an officer around to the back of the house, when the cops at the front of the house knocked and asked for entry, the guy at the back of the house would yell "COME IN".

 

He said, as he laughed about it, that it was known as a "Charleston warrant"

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