Cannabis Blunders

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from http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=51&cat=23&id=816394&more=

Butane likely caused explosion
Jan 23 2007

The manufacturing of marijuana oil is the suspected cause of a fridge explosion early Wednesday, say fire officials.

The explosion occured in a five-unit apartment building at about 6 a.m. on the 200 block of Sabiston Street in south Nanaimo.

Ennis Mond, fire inspector with Nanaimo Fire Rescue, said after talking with one of the occupants of the unit, he suspects that butane, used as a solvent to extract pot oil, was the catalyst for the explosion.

The occupant had been making a small batch of pot oil and said he had put the mixture into the fridge.

“What caused the butane to ignite and explode was the fridge going on and off,” said Mond.

The explosion blew out most of the windows in the unit and rocked the building.

“It appears the roof of the building was lifted a couple of inches,” said Mond.

The other occupant of the unit was home sleeping at the time of the explosion but was not hurt.

Mond said no evidence was found of a major drug manufacturing operation.

Mond said the owner must now employ the services of a structural engineer to ensure the building is still safe, but added the other units were not affected.

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from http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/NEWS/701230342

Marijuana in hot oven starts fire
January 23, 2007

Police say a Wurtsboro Hills man learned this the hard way that an oven may not be the best way to dry out your stash.

Wurtsboro firefighters went to a house fire Sunday morning at 7 Locust Trail, the home of Patrick Jones, 28. They discovered that the fire had started in the kitchen stove — and they found the wad of pot, more than a pound of it, inside the oven.

State police arrived, and charged Jones with second-degree criminal possession of marijuana and fourth-degree arson, felonies; and misdemeanor possession of a weapon. Police said Jones also had illegal metal knuckles in the home.

Jones was arraigned and sent to Sullivan County Jail without bail, pending an appearance in Mamakating Town Court.

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from http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/NEWS0201/70124029

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Derry man tries to hide marijuana in his mouth

DERRY, N.H. (AP) _ A 22-year-old Derry, N.H., man tried to hide his marijuana stash by putting it in his mouth, police said.

Police stopped Gregory Williams for a burned-out headlight Monday night. When they approached the car, they smelled marijuana and asked Williams to step out of the car. He resisted, scuffled with police and was handcuffed.

Police noticed the smell of marijuana coming out of Williams' mouth. He coughed and marijuana fell out, police said.

They also found a plastic bag of marijuana in the car.

[justcurios]

home boy should have ate it and he might be around to talk about it . not to mention he would probably have a nice buzzz

[Cannafornia]

I like the visual I get thinking about the roof lifting "a couple of inches" from this explosion! great stuff

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from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127953,00.html
a couple of years old but it's some funny shit

[QUOTE]Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Texas cops thought they'd made a major drug bust when they raided a home northwest of Houston last Tuesday. After all, it looked like there were huge marijuana plants growing in the front yard.

"All of a sudden, they burst in with their guns loaded, pointing at me, screaming, 'Get on the floor! Get on the floor!'" northwest Harris County resident Blair Davis told KHOU-TV.

It turns out the tall plants with the narrow leaves arranged in a fan pattern weren't pot plants at all, but specimens of Texas Star hibiscus (search), which Davis grows for his landscaping business.

That didn't convince the 10 or so members of the Harris County Organized Crime Unit (search) who stormed around the house.

"I just put my head down, shook it and said: 'Guys, you are making a terrible mistake. That is Texas Star hibiscus, not marijuana,'" Davis told the TV station. "They just told me to shut up."

At one point, the officers discussed whether the bamboo in the window might be the demon weed as well, Davis told the Houston Chronicle. They also asked him what he planned to do with the watermelons and cantaloupes growing out back.

"What would I do with them?" Davis said he responded.

It turned out a concerned citizen had seen the native Texas plant, which has little white flowers and smooth green leaves

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from http://www.tulsaworld.com/BreakingNewsStory.asp?ID=070219_Br_abrkdugz

By Staff reports

2/19/2007 9:30:00 AM


Tulsa police found 50 pounds of marijuana and firearms inside a truck parked near the Tulsa Jail Sunday night.

About 7 p.m., police investigated a truck parked just west of the jail at 300 S. Denver Ave.

They found a small amount of marijuana, $6,000.00 in cash, and 245 grams of methamphetamine.

Narcotics officers were brought to the scene and subsequently found a handgun, an assault rifle, and 50 pounds of marijuana.

Initial police reports did not identify the 32-year-old man who was arrested.

[justcurios]

i know a guy from tulsa oklahoma. he seems bright enough to do something like this.lol

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from http://www.rjr94fm.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=34357

Fri Mar 30, 2007

A 72-year-old Jamaican-born British citizen, who attempted to smuggle ganja valued at more than $40 million out of the country, was remanded Friday when he appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Criminal Court.

Milton Dennis of Broadleaf in Manchester, was arrested on Wednesday while he was preparing to board a flight to London.

The narcotics police reported that Mr. Dennis, who is blind, had ganja weighing 160 pounds when he checked in three suitcases at the Norman Manley International Airport.

In court Friday, defence attorney Hugh Wilson argued that his client had no knowledge that the three suitcases were loaded with ganja.

He pointed to the fact that his client is blind and was deceived by a man he knew.

However, investigators say Mr. Dennis gave them a different story when he was arrested.

Mr. Wilson asked the court to release his client on bond, citing his age and disability.

But presiding magistrate Judith Pusey disagreed and told him that the 72 year old will have to remain behind bars.

The magistrate argued that if she is soft on persons with disabilities, then the courtroom would be overrun by persons with disabilities smuggling drugs out of the country.

Mr. Dennis, who retired and returned to Jamaica in 2000, is scheduled to return to court on April 20.

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from http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Grow_Operation.html?source=mypi

Friday, April 6, 2007

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PULLMAN, Wash. -- A Pullman landlord notified police about a grow lamp in a closet, and police got a search warrant for a drug raid.

Eight officers with guns drawn surprised three roommates in the apartment last weekend and discovered they were growing tomatoes.

Commander Chris Tennant says it's the department's duty to investigate all credible complaints regarding marijuana growing operations in Pullman.

[nuggdigger]

I just love this last story. It took Eight officers with guns drawn to investigate

What also amazes me is how they got a search warrant for a drug raid based on a grow lamp in a closet

thats some super sleuthing there Sherlock's..lol

Tomatoes and a growlight in a closet, what a novel ideal:chin:

[Green Supreme]

I think people doing this sort of thing should have cams set up . Then go about being obvious about it. Y'know let the nosey neighbor have the right clues. A few more "investigations" like this and maybe a judge won't be so willing to give out those warrants. LOL

[nuggdigger]

A police helicopter hovered over a city street in a late-night search for a cannabis factory.

The airborne patrol used heat-seeking equipment to scan the roofs of houses on Upper Lewes Road, Brighton.

Residents reported a "deafening racket" several streets away as the helicopter spent about 20 minutes in the sky above the area between half past midnight and 1am this morning.

The police team was following up a report of a "weird smell", thought to be cannabis, from a policeman on the ground.

Hydroponic lamps used to grow cannabis plants use a large amount of power and use a lot of heat.

The police helicopter's heat-seeking device found unusually high temperatures in the roof of a house at the Ditchling Road end of the street.

Police checked the property, but they found nothing suspicious.

Mel Nowocin, who lives in nearby Ditchling Rise, said: "It was loud, even through my double glazing.

"At that time of night you would have thought they would be a bit more considerate."

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "The helicopter is up there at all sorts of times.

"In this case they found a house with a very warm roof, but everything was in order."

12:57pm Friday 30th March 2007



By Ben Parsons







:bang: this seems to be the typical police mentallity.."If it walks like a duck, etc, it must be a duck." Just because it 'eats bread crumbs at the park' doesn't make it a duck IMO. This kind of associative logic could use a good :spank:
I couldn't find a smiley for running around like a chicken with your head cut off..but they could surely take a :chillpill:


peace:ciao:

[Cannafornia]

Good thing for us they now make FLIR resistant mylar. Check out the new Diamond pattern mylar, it looks sorta like a tractioned steel plate and will block heat detection.

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from http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1896017.htm

Friday, April 13, 2007

A man has been charged over a haul of drugs found by police in scrub in north-west Victoria yesterday.

Police executed a warrant on a property at Hattah, between Mildura and Ouyen yesterday morning and found the remains of cannabis crops and an irrigation system in nearby state forest.

Kilometres of piping had been laid to service a number of marijuana crops, which were growing inside the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.

Sergeant Mark Edwards says the pipes were traced back to a nearby property.

"We've executed a drug search warrant on the property," Sergeant Edwards said.

"We've uncovered a number of containers that've been buried into the ground containing large amounts of processed cannabis of a high quality, and quantities of cash that've also been buried in the ground, also a number of firearms."

A 53-year-old man has been bailed to appear in Mildura Magistrate's Court on Monday, charged with cultivating, possessing and trafficking drugs and possession of an unregistered hand gun.

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from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,272774,00.html

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

OTTAWA, Ill. —
An Illinois 8-year-old got more than a hamburger and french fries when she opened her Happy Meal this week.

A 17-year-old employee of an Ottawa, Ill., McDonald's is out of work and facing drug charges after allegedly hiding marijuana and a lighter in the Happy Meal.

Keith Irelan and his three children went through a McDonald's drive-thru Monday night to order Happy Meals. They were on their way to meet their mother at a nearby school for a picnic, police said.

But one of the children — an 8-year-old girl — got a lighter, pipe, and bag of marijuana in her Happy Meal, according to Ottawa Police Chief Brian Zeilmann. Her father went to the police.

"To be honest, you don't expect that," Irelan told FOX Chicago affiliate WFLD-TV.

"She said 'Mom, I have a lighter in my Happy Meal,'" the girl's mother said.

The girl showed the lighter to her dad, then told him later that she got two other "toys" in her Happy Meal. One of those toys was a bag of marijuana.

"She said 'What is this?'" Irelan said. "Right then and there, I knew what it was."

Click here to watch the WFLD-TV report (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=3216710&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1)

McDonald's employee Brandon Scott of Ottawa was fired on the spot, then arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

"Indications are the subject placed them in an empty box, intent on hiding the items," Zeilmann told WFLD-TV.

McDonald's owners cooperated with the investigation that led to the arrest, Zeilmann said. The store apologized, but the Irelan family said they still may sue, WFLD-TV reported.

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slightly cannabis related


from http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/NEWS/705130383/1042/NEWS

Officers with the Hendersonville Police Department mistakenly entered the wrong house when executing a search warrant early Saturday morning.

Two teams of officers were executing a search warrant shortly after 1 a.m. at 729 Geneva St., when one team of three officers went to the rear of the wrong house, said Capt. John Nicholson.

The team coming to the rear of the house had to cross yards and over a fence, Nicholson said.

"The officers became disoriented, entered the wrong house and told the people to get down," Nicholson said.

There was a party at 208 Oak St., the house entered by mistake and the residence of Dennis and Sandra Braswell, Nicholson said.

"Two of the people at the party, when they saw the officers, took off running," Nicholson said.

This added to the confusion.

"The third officer with the team realized they were at the wrong house, told the rest of the team, and they began exiting," he said.

There were no injuries. There was minor damage to the house, Nicholson said.

"The Police Department will see to it the damage is repaired," he said. "We met with the owners and apologized.

"This has never happened before," Nicholson said.

There were some underage youths at the party on Oak Street, he said. Officers notified the youths' parents, who came and picked up the young people.

One-half of the police officers entered the correct house and arrested James Darden. Darden was charged with sale and delivery of crack cocaine. Marijuana and crack cocaine paraphernalia were found in the house on Geneva Street.

The Police Department is conducting an internal investigation, Nicholson said.

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from http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_193135032.htmlhttp://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_193135032.html

Jul 12, 2007 12:49 pm US/Central
Dallas DEA Finds Pot Farm Behind Own Offices

(CBS 11 News) DALLAS Federal drug agents in Dallas found a makeshift marijuana farm a little too close to home on Thursday.

The Drug Enforcement Agency routinely conducts aerial reconnaissance to find stands of marijuana plants. Thursday, agents found some of the plants growing in the woods right behind their Dallas office.

The plants, some of which appeared to be more than 12 feet tall, were growing along the banks of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, near Loop 12, where vegetation is thick and imposing.

Seven separate plots were discovered, cultivated in what appears to have been a sophisticated growing operation with hoses, pipes, generators and a campsite for someone to watch over the plants. Agents believe they had been growing for months.

Then floods swamped the area and put the plants underwater. They have now resurfaced with only the hardiest plots surviving.

With the area flooded by recent rains, and the DEA enlisted the help of the Dallas Fire Rescue Department to cut down the plants. A total of 325 plants were removed.

Chopper 11 was on the scene as DEA agents in a helicopter directed Dallas firefighters, who were in the waters in an inflatable boat gathering large plants. After the firefighters brought the plants to shore in the boat, Chopper 11 showed two of the men who had been in the helicopter posing for pictures with one of the taller plants.

Agents believe that, had the plants been harvested or processed, they could have fetched over $250,000 on the street.

The plants will now be analyzed for potential evidence, and then incinerated.

[Green Supreme]

I'll analyze them for potency for them. Actually outdoor this early might be nasty. Peace GS

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from http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/01/19/cannabis-plants-are-found-close-to-shops/
[QUOTE]Police discovered cannabis plants at a storage unit behind shops and offices in a Black Country town following a raid on the site.

Officers smashed their way into the site, behind Diamond Bathrooms, in Lye Cross, after workers from nearby offices reported potent smells and informed police of their concern. The unit is totally separate to the bathroom firm and has no links to that company. Officers discovered a box of cannabis plants drying out in the unit.

Workers were shocked to hear what had been discovered by officers during the operation.

Louise Withey, who works at Vickers, Reynolds & Co accountants above the unit, said the smell had been so potent it had given her and other staff a headache.

[Green Supreme]

LOl. Boneheads. Peace GS

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from http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=67560&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=6214953&CFTOKEN=70301347&jsessionid=8830fcc510e037e6b365
Published Sunday, February 17, 2008
Man asks clerk to return lost drugs:

A man who allegedly lost a bag of marijuana in a convenience store near Bismarck was arrested after calling the store and asking if his lost drugs had been found.

The clerk notified authorities, and William Sandwick, 18, Mandan was arrested when he returned to the store and picked up the bag.

Sandwick faces misdemeanor drug charges.

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from http://www.reason.com/news/show/125538.html
Another Drug Raid Nightmare

The railroading of Ryan Frederick

Radley Balko | March 18, 2008

Imagine you're home alone.

It's 8 p.m. You work an early shift and need to be out the door before sunrise, so you're already in bed. Your nerves are a bit frazzled, because earlier in the week someone broke into your home. Oddly, they didn't take anything; they just rifled through your belongings.

But the violation weighs on your mind. At about the time you drift off, you're awakened by fierce barking from your two large dogs. You hear someone crashing into your front door, as if he's trying to separate it from its hinges. You grab the gun you keep for home defense and leave your room to investigate.

This past January that scenario played out at the Chesapeake, Virginia, home of 28-year-old Ryan Frederick, a slight man of little more than 100 pounds. According to interviews since the incident, Frederick says when he looked toward his front door, he saw an intruder trying to enter through one of the lower door panels. So Frederick fired his gun.

The intruders were from the Chesapeake Police Department. They had come to serve a drug warrant. Frederick's bullet struck Detective Jarrod Shivers in the side, killing him. Frederick was arrested and has spent the last six weeks in a Chesapeake jail.

He has been charged with first degree murder. Paul Ebert, the special prosecutor assigned to the case, has indicated he may elevate the charge to capital murder, which would enable the state to seek the death penalty.

At the time of the raid, Ryan Frederick worked for a soft drink merchandiser. Current and former employers and co-workers speak highly of him. He also recently had gotten engaged, a welcome lift for a guy who'd had a run of tough luck.

He lost both parents early in life, and friends say the death of his mother hit particularly hard—Frederick discovered her in bed after she had overdosed on prescription medication. After the deaths of both parents, Frederick grew close to his grandmother, who then died two years ago.

Friends and neighbors describe Frederick as shy, self-effacing, non-confrontational, and hard-working. He had no prior criminal record. Frederick and his friends have conceded he smoked marijuana recreationally. But all—including his neighbors—insist there's no evidence he was growing or distributing the drug.

According to the search warrant, the police raided Frederick's home after a confidential informant told them he saw evidence of marijuana growing in a garage behind the home. The warrant says the informant saw several marijuana plants, plus lights, irrigation equipment and other gardening supplies.

After the raid, the police found the gardening supplies, but no plants. They also found a small amount of marijuana, but not much—only enough to charge Frederick with misdemeanor drug possession.

Frederick told a local television station that he was an avid gardener. A neighbor I spoke with backs him up, explaining that Frederick had an elaborate koi pond behind his home and raised a variety of tropical plants. He'd even given his neighbors gardening tips on occasion.

One of the plants Frederick told the local television station he raised was the Japanese maple, a plant that, when green, has leaves that look quite a bit like marijuana leaves.

So far, Chesapeake police have given no indication that they did any investigation to corroborate the tip from their informant. There's no mention in the search warrant of an undercover drug buy from Frederick or of any extensive surveillance of Frederick's home.

More disturbingly, the search warrant says the confidential informant was inside Frederick's house three days before the raid—about the same time Frederick says someone broke into his home. Frederick's supporters have told me that Frederick and his attorney now know the identity of the informant, and that it was the police informant who broke into Frederick's home.

Chesapeake's police department isn't commenting. But if true, all of this raises some very troubling questions about the raid, and about Frederick's continued incarceration.

Special prosecutor Paul Ebert said at a recent bond hearing for Frederick that Shivers, the detective who was killed, was in Frederick's yard when he was shot, and that Frederick fired through his door, knowing he was firing at police.

Frederick's attorney disputes this. Ebert also said Frederick should have known the intruders were police because there were a dozen or more officers at the scene. But some of Frederick's neighbors dispute this, too. One neighbor told me she saw only two officers immediately after the raid; she said the others showed up only after Shivers went down.

What's clear, though, is that Chesepeake police conducted a raid on a man with no prior criminal record. Even if their informant had been correct, Frederick was at worst suspected of growing marijuana plants in his garage. There was no indication he was a violent man—that it was necessary to take down his door after nightfall.

The raid in Chesapeake bears a striking resemblance to another that ended in a fatality. Last week, New Hanover County, N.C., agreed to pay $4.25 million to the parents of college student Peyton Strickland, who was killed when a deputy participating in a raid mistook the sound of a SWAT battering ram for a gunshot, and fired through the door as Strickland came to answer it.

In the case where a citizen mistakenly (and allegedly) shot through his door at a raiding police officer, the citizen is facing a murder charge; in the case where a raiding police officer mistakenly shot through a door and killed a citizen, there were no criminal charges.

Over the last quarter century, we've seen an astonishing rise in paramilitary police tactics by police departments across America. Peter Kraksa, professor of criminology at the University of Eastern Kentucky, ran a 20-year survey of SWAT team deployments and determined that they have increased 1,500 percent since the early 1980s—mostly to serve nonviolent drug warrants.

This is dangerous, senseless overkill. The margin of error is too thin, and the potential for tragedy too high to use these tactics unless they are in response to an already violent situation (think bank robberies, school shootings or hostage-takings). Breaking down doors to bust drug offenders creates violent situations; it doesn't defuse them.

Shivers' death is only the most recent example. And Ryan Frederick is merely the latest citizen to be put in the impossible position of being awakened from sleep, then having to determine in a matter of seconds if the men breaking into his home are police or criminal intruders.

You wonder how many people can honestly say they'd have handled it any differently than he did.

Radley Balko is a senior editor for reason. This article originally appeared at FoxNews.com.

[Green Supreme]

That whole thing makes me nauseous. Peace GS

[Cookie]

Just makes me shake my head.

[guest]

Its funny that they never mention the fact that they amp those tools on juice to keep them especially sensitive to diffusing a stituation.

[guest]

I don't have the text but I remember reading about a guy...

he parks his car and walks into a 711, heading straight for the microwave. He proceeds to take out a "hand full" of fresh cannabis and microwaves it to dry it. Well, when it begins to stink after a few seconds a police officer walks over, he happened to be buying something when the guy walked in. So the cop arrests the guy and then looks into his car and finds 5 pounds of fresh cannabis.

what a maroon!

[ghostryder]

in canada, i can charge the rcmp with home invasion if they are kicking my door down at night without identifying themselves. it happened in rutland, bc to the neighbour of a hell's angels club house. the drug unit of the rcmp's narcotics division got not only the address wrong but also the wrong - another 1 - on the search warrent.

the door they were kicking in was owned by an older chinese couple highly skilled in the martial arts and their 3 sons who grabbed baseball bats sitting by the front door. they live in a "rough" neighbourhood. 7 rcmp officers were hospitalized and the couple after shit kicking the officers both inside and outside their home had to phone the local rcmp detachment and paramedics.

they all were arrested and spend 2 days behind bars pending an investigation. the hells angels and other neighbours posted the bail and arranged for legal lawyers. in january 2008 they were awarded 2.8 million and costs in federal court.

[Green Supreme]

Well a few more beats like that and maybe they will start to announce themselves first. The first time I was hit by the green team I opened the door when I heard the cops. "Ok ready one, two" and I opened the door. They had no intention of announcing themselves. Be safe folks. Peace GS

[Limeygreen]

I would love to see the look on those cops faces when they saw they were done for. Trespassing is trespassing weather you have a badge or not.
What neighborhood in Rutland isn't rough?

[ghostryder]

well, if you drive east of rutland for several miles, it aint bad. mind you, if i see some1 digging in the soft orchard soil at night; i aint going to yell: what are you doing there?

[420oclock]

from http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=51&cat=23&id=816394&more=

Ennis Mond, fire inspector

Sounds like a Jim Carey movie title.

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from http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=94608199-50cc-48f6-ad33-19d7a0aaec7e&k=26160
By Ethan Baron
The Province

Saturday, April 12, 2008

VANCOUVER -- This is why they call it "dope."

A nervous south Vancouver pot grower heard a knock at the door and he and a friend frantically began chopping down plants and feeding them into the fireplace.

Billows of smoke soon rose from the chimney as fire slowly consumed 50 to 60 green, moisture-laden marijuana bushes.

It hadn't been the cops at the door. But they soon were: a neighbour smelled burning marijuana, saw the pot smoke pouring from the chimney, and picked up the phone.

"When we knocked on the door, [the two men] came out, and the house was filled with smoke," said a policeman at the scene, who can't be identified because of the nature of his work.

The 50 to 60 plants were the only ones in the detached house, and had been entirely burned, the officer said.

Two men were arrested in the incident Friday morning, and a city building inspector cut the power and put a "no occupancy" notice on the stucco home's front door.

"I find this just unbelievable," said Susan Naso, who lives across the street.

A man she knew as Scotty had lived in the alleged grow-op house for about three years.

"He is just an amazing guy, very friendly," Naso said. "He's helpful. He fixed the place up. He's probably one of the best neighbours we've ever had.

"You think that you know your neighbour, but wow, you really don't."

Scotty spent a lot of time working on cars in the backyard of the home in the 3500-block Monmouth Street, Naso said. On Friday, vehicles in various states of repair -- including a decrepit black Cadillac Elegante -- occupied the backyard.

[Green Supreme]

Must have been around harvest time , seems people get edgy during this time. Peace GS

[ghostryder]

what nervous, not me........wait some1 is walking by! ok, its just the newspaperboy. we still have them? go check it out nomad. paranoid, naw, never. he's got flyer's? ok let him down then. give him 5 bucks, no make it 10 and threaten to kill him if he rats us. what do you mean? see me at the window......... how else do ya look out, moron. get yer ass in here you got leafs all over you.

[420oclock]

^ I heard about a dude who chopped and was flushing a nice microgrow after he saw a police car pull up in front of his house. Turns out the cops were going to his neighbor's place and the only available parking was in front of his place.

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from http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081224/119152187.html
24/ 12/ 2008

YAKUTSK, December 24 (RIA Novosti) - A criminal case has been launched against two men caught picking cannabis in a snow-covered field in the northeastern Siberian republic of Yakutia, a drug police spokesman said on Wednesday.

"Despite vigorous cold, reaching minus 52 degrees Celsius [minus 62 degrees Fahrenheit] that day, the two buddies managed to harvest two bags of cannabis with a total weight of nearly three kg [6.6 lbs]," the source said.

The two men admitted that they were going to share the drug with friends. Medical tests confirmed that they had used marijuana before.

"On the eve of the forthcoming New Year celebrations, everyone tries to buy presents and food. Apparently, for some people presents are associated not with going to shops, but with gathering pot in a cannabis field," the source added.

The two men have been charged with illegal possession of drugs in especially large quantities and will face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.

[Lungus]

Must be pretty boring in Russia for the drug cops if they have to follow guys around on Christmas eve in -52 deg. weather busting them for picking Xmas presents, jeez. The Grinch's heart didn't grow three sizes that day, he just moved to Russia and joined the drug squad.

[Sicarii]

I bought a bong from my friend's dad once when I was 16. It was a pretty nice 2 footer...glass on glass....

I was ripping a bowl in my room, when these two unmarked Crown Victoria's pull onto my lawn. Two plain clothed officers got out of the cars and I started to shit bricks.

I smashed my bong and flushed my stash (1/4 oz of orange kush)

The officers knocked on my door and guess what, questioned me about my neighbors....apparently one of them had gone missing.

That's my silly cannabis blunder

sicarii

[Lungus]

Hey if two unmarked Crown Vics pulled right up on my lawn, I'd be shitting bricks too, even if I wasn't doing anything, hahaha.

[kindlydank]

Following up on the story c-ray posted in post 23 of this thread (here (https://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showpost.php?p=69100&postcount=23)), Ryan Frederick was sentenced to 10 years.

From http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_050809_frederick_sentencing.5d408e0.htm l

[QUOTE]CHESAPEAKE - Saying "This is just a tragedy all around," a Chesapeake judge sentenced Ryan Frederick to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of Det. Jarrod Shivers.

The jury recommended that sentence after convicting Frederick of voluntary manslaughter.

Frederick shot and killed Shivers during a drug raid last year at Frederick

[Kali]

This may pale in comparison so some of the other blunders on here but for me I think this is numero uno.

Well about 2 weeks ago I had a pretty big blunder although not entirely my fault it could have been prevented.

So Im in the beginning stages of moving and the first thing I had to get out before selling the house were the plants and equipment. So i had it packed up pretty well (in an enclosed 6x10 trailer) with some other house stuff but there was no hiding the massive coliseum modules or the smell of freshly harvested plants when you stuck your head in(no smell outside the trailer).

Im about an hour into a 7 hour drive and i needed to get gas so i pull off at the first exit i approach. The trucks are filling up on the one side and i see the pumps are on but the lights are off at the convenience store. I decided to try and fill up anyways as sometimes you can pay at the pump and gas up. So i swiped my card and all that and went to fill up (it said i was authorized for $75). it put in about a half litre but it did not register on the pump and would not pump anymore gas, the screen just read one moment please.....so after a few moments i was like f this i cancelled the transaction and left to find the next fill service station.

I made it about 1-2 kms and then she died leaving me on the side of the road in the rain. This would test my nerves to the hilt. After debating whether to stash stuff in the woods i decided not to panic and cause more of a scene than neccesary; by this point even my dog started freaking out. I cursed at the car for a while, my gf cursed at me for not filling up before leaving and i decided to run however far to the next exit to get a jerry can.

I could see the lights of the exit intersection up ahead so i began to hoof it. It was about 2-3 kms there in the rain at night and then the whole way back (hoping i had a horseshoe up my ass that evening and i would not return to cherries flashing behind my vehicle). well i got back ok, no cherries flashing looks like i'll get out of this one ok. So i fill up and go to start the engine and the batteries is pooched. Turns out my gf the interior light on for whatever reason....Tabernac!

Steam began blowing out of my ears wanting to ring her neck homer simpson style (I am not a violent person but i was livid). I cursed some more and let teh battery rest. By the luck of the irish she started up about 20 mins later and i filled up and got home safe and sound...it ran like a bag of shit but it got me home.

whew i was glad that trip was over, turns out i got some bad gas in that half liter and that screwed with my engine. Caused me lots of grief, a tune up and probably some premature greying. So if you have to move a far distance with live or dried plants FILL UP before you go and make sure your vehicle is in good running order. (Mine was before the bad gas). Anyways it took me a while to come to terms wiht this whole event to be comfortable enough to tell about it and not feel like a dumbass but it was unfortunate luck. But it ended up ok in the end and they all will be going into flowering and live happily ever after.......til chop time hehehe. The end.

[Green Supreme]

Glad you're safe. Peace GS

[Springs]

Woah thats a nerve tester for certain!

On the bright side your experience holds valueable life lessons.:sun:

Trying not to get nervous about my move. :aum: