3 August 2012

Police drug bust clags up weekend traffic

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ACT Policing Criminal Investigation officers are in the process of executing a drug warrant on a vehicle on the Federal Highway, Watson.

Around 3.00pm this afternoon, members of Criminal Investigations and the Special Response Group conducted the traffic stop on a vehicle near the Antill Street and Federal Highway intersection.

As a result of this traffic stop and the warrant being executed, the southbound lanes of the Federal Highway will be closed for a short period of time.

[Courtesy ACT Policing]


UPDATE 03/08/12 17:10: Police Media have been in touch to let you know the highway has been reopened.

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LSWCHP said :

Evil_Kitten said :

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

If I were a cop making a drug bust these days, I would make sure that guns were involved. My guns. Lots and lots of them.

There are very nasty people from South America and Mexico getting involved in the importation of drugs into Australia. They have knives, guns, chainsaws and other weapons, and they’re not afraid to use them. In fact, they seem to quite enjoy using them. Just Google for “Mexican drug beheadings” to see what might be heading our way shortly.

Unlike One, if the cops want to clear a very large area around a drug bust, I’m only too happy to wait it out, well clear of the line of fire.

would 10km be enough space – at a 22deg slant for a medium powered firearm that could penetrate a car?

I hope they were ready for hollow points, and was the fire truck waiting near by – never know what could happen as you say.

Perhaps they had a drone/chopper going also?

Any idea on operational costs.

Spiral said :

A good bit of perspective.

I’m sure that no-one would claim the police perform every operation perfectly and in hindsight some things could often have been done better.

But cops do get killed by nutters.

At the end of the day some inconvenience to the public is far far better than some mother having to explain to her kids why their daddy isn’t ever coming home from work.

Police dont have the right to put their lives in danger – they may do so in the course of their duty but that is another matter, they by law are to 1) Protect; 2) serve the public. {cut down version}

They do have trucks and vans with screens – but in this case I do accept they may of been over kill.

And where was the armored truck? it had better of been at that location!

KeenGolfer said :

One said :

Not even sure if I have 1 cell but here goes.

I’m pretty sure after that rant that you don’t.

and thats your answer to the question troll’y asked.. lol GO HOME!

Maybe just maybe its the fact every ones doing 100km in a 80 zone.. ???? ANSWERS REQUIRED!

who feels like going for a drive 🙂

while im here – was it a 2km fire range? how about at an angle of 22deg?

Traffic – and who said anything about being held up?

LMFAO – You must upload your selves reading – the internet needs another Leave Britney alone, video.

Maybe – just maybe the police could of said – we had to deploy road spikes?

Does anyone have the locations of all of Canberra Ambo’s at that time, and lets overlay that with a map of emergency calls to 000 for medical assistance. I’m sure the Ambo’s would of had to wait for the operation to complete just like they do for every drunken assault. But alas such information and protocol seems to be made ad-hock here in good old Canberra.

So whats a few people getting fired for not presenting to work on time – im sure its their fault this event had to occure after and during the crimes of perhaps driving while under the influence, trafficking of UNKNOWN substances as it now seems, and lets hope there was no servo of fuel depots close by.

As for cops stress – must be good to be in a family of police for the last 200 years.

LSWCHP said :

Antagonist said :

Chocolatelover said :

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

(snip ranting)

Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

Take a spoonful of concrete and harden up, princess.

These are honest words from a woman who faces the possibility of her husband not coming home from work every day, because he’s in the business of keeping us safe from the Blokes in the White Commodores.

My sister is in a similar situation with her husband who is a firefighter, as was my neighbour until his soldier wife returned from Afghanistan.

I understamd how people in these situations feel, and to put it mildly, I don’t agree with the concrete suggestion.

If it affects her so much then her husband should find a new career. I don’t see any other coppers wives on here having a public meltdown. You would think she is the only person in the world who has a husband in the AFP/Canberra Policing.

And Watson is hardly Afghanistan. Not even close. Concrete. Harden up.

Antagonist said :

Chocolatelover said :

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

(snip ranting)

Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

Take a spoonful of concrete and harden up, princess.

These are honest words from a woman who faces the possibility of her husband not coming home from work every day, because he’s in the business of keeping us safe from the Blokes in the White Commodores.

My sister is in a similar situation with her husband who is a firefighter, as was my neighbour until his soldier wife returned from Afghanistan.

I understamd how people in these situations feel, and to put it mildly, I don’t agree with the concrete suggestion.

A good bit of perspective.

I’m sure that no-one would claim the police perform every operation perfectly and in hindsight some things could often have been done better.

But cops do get killed by nutters.

At the end of the day some inconvenience to the public is far far better than some mother having to explain to her kids why their daddy isn’t ever coming home from work.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd9:27 pm 06 Aug 12

Chocolatelover said :

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

My husband is one of those men out there that you are criticising for inconveniencing you.
I don’t give a stuff if you may have been held up in traffic, my husband and his workmates made it home that night in one piece and that’s all that matters.

Before you went off on your ill informed rant did you consider that these policemen are people with families who want them to come home safe?

And of course there are legal issue that need to be considered. The idiot they were after was in breach of bail, as if he’s going to see a police car behind up him and say oh of course I’ll pull over into a side street so i don’t interupt other people lives. He would have done a runner, and then you’d be complaining about police pursuits in suburban streets.

Once the police pull over the car, they can’t move it as it then that leaves the door open for the nufty to say the police planted the drugs etc.

I’m sick to death of people complaining about the police and the job they do. If you don’t like it then get out there and join the force and see how long you’d last, but of course you don’t have the balls for that do you?
It’s not like these guys are mavericks there are so many rules and regulations they have to comply with and then these crims get away with a slap on the wrist.
Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

I do agree with most of what you said, besides the bit about it taking balls to be a copper.

Chocolatelover said :

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

(snip ranting)

Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

Take a spoonful of concrete and harden up, princess.

LSWCHP said :

Chocolatelover said :

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

My husband is one of those men out there that you are criticising for inconveniencing you.
I don’t give a stuff if you may have been held up in traffic, my husband and his workmates made it home that night in one piece and that’s all that matters.

Before you went off on your ill informed rant did you consider that these policemen are people with families who want them to come home safe?

And of course there are legal issue that need to be considered. The idiot they were after was in breach of bail, as if he’s going to see a police car behind up him and say oh of course I’ll pull over into a side street so i don’t interupt other people lives. He would have done a runner, and then you’d be complaining about police pursuits in suburban streets.

Once the police pull over the car, they can’t move it as it then that leaves the door open for the nufty to say the police planted the drugs etc.

I’m sick to death of people complaining about the police and the job they do. If you don’t like it then get out there and join the force and see how long you’d last, but of course you don’t have the balls for that do you?
It’s not like these guys are mavericks there are so many rules and regulations they have to comply with and then these crims get away with a slap on the wrist.
Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

You go, girl. Look after your man. And for what it’s worth, I dips me lid to him. I wouldn’t want my day at the office to include something like that.

Seconded.

Chocolatelover said :

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

My husband is one of those men out there that you are criticising for inconveniencing you.
I don’t give a stuff if you may have been held up in traffic, my husband and his workmates made it home that night in one piece and that’s all that matters.

Before you went off on your ill informed rant did you consider that these policemen are people with families who want them to come home safe?

And of course there are legal issue that need to be considered. The idiot they were after was in breach of bail, as if he’s going to see a police car behind up him and say oh of course I’ll pull over into a side street so i don’t interupt other people lives. He would have done a runner, and then you’d be complaining about police pursuits in suburban streets.

Once the police pull over the car, they can’t move it as it then that leaves the door open for the nufty to say the police planted the drugs etc.

I’m sick to death of people complaining about the police and the job they do. If you don’t like it then get out there and join the force and see how long you’d last, but of course you don’t have the balls for that do you?
It’s not like these guys are mavericks there are so many rules and regulations they have to comply with and then these crims get away with a slap on the wrist.
Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

You go, girl. Look after your man. And for what it’s worth, I dips me lid to him. I wouldn’t want my day at the office to include something like that.

Chocolatelover11:57 am 06 Aug 12

OH MY GOODNESS! I AM SO FREAKING MAD RIGHT NOW i CAN’T TYPE PROPERLY!

My husband is one of those men out there that you are criticising for inconveniencing you.
I don’t give a stuff if you may have been held up in traffic, my husband and his workmates made it home that night in one piece and that’s all that matters.

Before you went off on your ill informed rant did you consider that these policemen are people with families who want them to come home safe?

And of course there are legal issue that need to be considered. The idiot they were after was in breach of bail, as if he’s going to see a police car behind up him and say oh of course I’ll pull over into a side street so i don’t interupt other people lives. He would have done a runner, and then you’d be complaining about police pursuits in suburban streets.

Once the police pull over the car, they can’t move it as it then that leaves the door open for the nufty to say the police planted the drugs etc.

I’m sick to death of people complaining about the police and the job they do. If you don’t like it then get out there and join the force and see how long you’d last, but of course you don’t have the balls for that do you?
It’s not like these guys are mavericks there are so many rules and regulations they have to comply with and then these crims get away with a slap on the wrist.
Ugh so mad right now. Get over yourselves – troll-sniffer I’m looking at you – and stop critising and whinging and get on with your own life and let my husband and his team do their jobs!

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd10:17 am 06 Aug 12

LSWCHP said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

LSWCHP said :

Evil_Kitten said :

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

If I were a cop making a drug bust these days, I would make sure that guns were involved. My guns. Lots and lots of them.

There are very nasty people from South America and Mexico getting involved in the importation of drugs into Australia. They have knives, guns, chainsaws and other weapons, and they’re not afraid to use them. In fact, they seem to quite enjoy using them. Just Google for “Mexican drug beheadings” to see what might be heading our way shortly.

Unlike One, if the cops want to clear a very large area around a drug bust, I’m only too happy to wait it out, well clear of the line of fire.

Source?

An authority on the subject a few years ago. But there’s a fair few reports in the public domain now. Google for “Mexican cartels Australia” for some examples.

Those people are appalling monsters, and they want money from our drug users.

first i have heard. will look into it later. Dont really see how they could set up in a country like australia, where you have to come here legally, customs etc etc.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

LSWCHP said :

Evil_Kitten said :

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

If I were a cop making a drug bust these days, I would make sure that guns were involved. My guns. Lots and lots of them.

There are very nasty people from South America and Mexico getting involved in the importation of drugs into Australia. They have knives, guns, chainsaws and other weapons, and they’re not afraid to use them. In fact, they seem to quite enjoy using them. Just Google for “Mexican drug beheadings” to see what might be heading our way shortly.

Unlike One, if the cops want to clear a very large area around a drug bust, I’m only too happy to wait it out, well clear of the line of fire.

Source?

An authority on the subject a few years ago. But there’s a fair few reports in the public domain now. Google for “Mexican cartels Australia” for some examples.

Those people are appalling monsters, and they want money from our drug users.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd6:54 am 06 Aug 12

LSWCHP said :

Evil_Kitten said :

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

If I were a cop making a drug bust these days, I would make sure that guns were involved. My guns. Lots and lots of them.

There are very nasty people from South America and Mexico getting involved in the importation of drugs into Australia. They have knives, guns, chainsaws and other weapons, and they’re not afraid to use them. In fact, they seem to quite enjoy using them. Just Google for “Mexican drug beheadings” to see what might be heading our way shortly.

Unlike One, if the cops want to clear a very large area around a drug bust, I’m only too happy to wait it out, well clear of the line of fire.

Source?

LSWCHP said :

Evil_Kitten said :

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

If I were a cop making a drug bust these days, I would make sure that guns were involved. My guns. Lots and lots of them.

There are very nasty people from South America and Mexico getting involved in the importation of drugs into Australia. They have knives, guns, chainsaws and other weapons, and they’re not afraid to use them. In fact, they seem to quite enjoy using them. Just Google for “Mexican drug beheadings” to see what might be heading our way shortly.

Unlike One, if the cops want to clear a very large area around a drug bust, I’m only too happy to wait it out, well clear of the line of fire.

Indeed. My initial comment was thinking along the lines of the person being “known” to them as being a bit dodgy, therefore do a search of the car in case they’d been up to their old tricks, and the “drug” reference was because they might have a bit of pot or something lol.

I wasn’t thinking along the lines of drug runners from Mexico with chainsaws. I didn’t think Canberra got that exciting.

It would appear that One’s supply of mind un-altering drugs were part of the drug supplies detained on Friday.

With the police executing a warrant on a vehicle they will need to search the car in situ. The police could have moved the vehicle but this would then leave the door open for the (alleged) drug traffickers solicitors to claim any find is tainted.

I still don’t quite get this – the stop was near the intersection of Antill St and the Federal Highway – why not just direct the vehicle into Antill St and do their thing there?

Evil_Kitten said :

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

If I were a cop making a drug bust these days, I would make sure that guns were involved. My guns. Lots and lots of them.

There are very nasty people from South America and Mexico getting involved in the importation of drugs into Australia. They have knives, guns, chainsaws and other weapons, and they’re not afraid to use them. In fact, they seem to quite enjoy using them. Just Google for “Mexican drug beheadings” to see what might be heading our way shortly.

Unlike One, if the cops want to clear a very large area around a drug bust, I’m only too happy to wait it out, well clear of the line of fire.

fabforty said :

Felix the Cat said :

I heard there were weapons (guns) found so perhaps the cops were afraid a shooting match might start and therefore took the precaution of closing the road so a stray bullet wouldn’t hit a passing member of the public.

Exactly. And I am sure the posters above would be the first to jump on the bandwagon and blame the police for not protecting the public properly if some passing motorist was hurt.

Perhaps the highway was not the ideal place to conduct a traffic stop for the purpose of executing a search warrant? More so if there was a likelihood of weapons being involved. If they had chosen/planned to use a more appropriate location then there would not have been a need to shut the highway down, while still being able to do their job.

Oh if there were guns involved I take back what I said. It didn’t sound that serious in the initial post.

One said :

Not even sure if I have 1 cell but here goes.

They will close the entire road – unlike in other states of Australia where police use the public in cars to act as a crash barrier, seems people have mobile phones these days which makes placing the public in danger a bit of a news story.

The RTA/Police will also close the road when they know they will be saying – your under arrest, as in this case it is the place of a crime, as they have alleged to a judge in a statement; And should the person/s at that location say “no” which police will make sure they won’t record – then police will use hand guns up to the point of causing lawful death to make their arrest.

I agree its an act of thuggery and nothing else. The police business these days is to protect corrupt government ministers though the use of domestic blindness, and to get quota filled at any cost.

Just think it could of been worse – they could of been doing a mental health check, which always requires 2 armed police without any mental health qualification to confront a person they are told will need arresting/shutting-up (as the police are already predisposed – sometimes with false information, and without right of law they will act on ANY information supplied to them with the intent to cause harm to the person they suspect of ‘breaking law’. This state has come about because no one has ever been able to take the Federal Police to court where they suddenly turn into ACT policing – but if someone ever did, expect the result in 50 years time thanks to the legal process).

PS: for everyone – if your ever confronted by police, press record! Just in-case they have come from the shooting range – temporary hearing loss is a valid excuse if your taking medication for stress of having ‘responsibility’ to get paid.

You’re really not quite right in the head, are you?

One said :

Not even sure if I have 1 cell but here goes.

They will close the entire road – unlike in other states of Australia where police use the public in cars to act as a crash barrier, seems people have mobile phones these days which makes placing the public in danger a bit of a news story.

The RTA/Police will also close the road when they know they will be saying – your under arrest, as in this case it is the place of a crime, as they have alleged to a judge in a statement; And should the person/s at that location say “no” which police will make sure they won’t record – then police will use hand guns up to the point of causing lawful death to make their arrest.

I agree its an act of thuggery and nothing else. The police business these days is to protect corrupt government ministers though the use of domestic blindness, and to get quota filled at any cost.

Just think it could of been worse – they could of been doing a mental health check, which always requires 2 armed police without any mental health qualification to confront a person they are told will need arresting/shutting-up (as the police are already predisposed – sometimes with false information, and without right of law they will act on ANY information supplied to them with the intent to cause harm to the person they suspect of ‘breaking law’. This state has come about because no one has ever been able to take the Federal Police to court where they suddenly turn into ACT policing – but if someone ever did, expect the result in 50 years time thanks to the legal process).

PS: for everyone – if your ever confronted by police, press record! Just in-case they have come from the shooting range – temporary hearing loss is a valid excuse if your taking medication for stress of having ‘responsibility’ to get paid.

Is this post in English?

Felix the Cat said :

I heard there were weapons (guns) found so perhaps the cops were afraid a shooting match might start and therefore took the precaution of closing the road so a stray bullet wouldn’t hit a passing member of the public.

Exactly. And I am sure the posters above would be the first to jump on the bandwagon and blame the police for not protecting the public properly if some passing motorist was hurt.

One said :

Not even sure if I have 1 cell but here goes.

I’m pretty sure after that rant that you don’t.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd9:49 am 05 Aug 12

lol one you are a grade a nutter. I’m not a fan of a bunch of stuff the coppers do and ways they act, but your unbacked comments here and in other threads seem to be coming from a incredibly paranoid and mentally ill person.

Felix the Cat7:29 am 05 Aug 12

I heard there were weapons (guns) found so perhaps the cops were afraid a shooting match might start and therefore took the precaution of closing the road so a stray bullet wouldn’t hit a passing member of the public.

I’m all for police doing what they need to do in the line of duty, but yeah that does seem like overkill. It’s a two lane road also! Not like it’s a little skinny road with no room to manoeuvre around.

Not even sure if I have 1 cell but here goes.

They will close the entire road – unlike in other states of Australia where police use the public in cars to act as a crash barrier, seems people have mobile phones these days which makes placing the public in danger a bit of a news story.

The RTA/Police will also close the road when they know they will be saying – your under arrest, as in this case it is the place of a crime, as they have alleged to a judge in a statement; And should the person/s at that location say “no” which police will make sure they won’t record – then police will use hand guns up to the point of causing lawful death to make their arrest.

I agree its an act of thuggery and nothing else. The police business these days is to protect corrupt government ministers though the use of domestic blindness, and to get quota filled at any cost.

Just think it could of been worse – they could of been doing a mental health check, which always requires 2 armed police without any mental health qualification to confront a person they are told will need arresting/shutting-up (as the police are already predisposed – sometimes with false information, and without right of law they will act on ANY information supplied to them with the intent to cause harm to the person they suspect of ‘breaking law’. This state has come about because no one has ever been able to take the Federal Police to court where they suddenly turn into ACT policing – but if someone ever did, expect the result in 50 years time thanks to the legal process).

PS: for everyone – if your ever confronted by police, press record! Just in-case they have come from the shooting range – temporary hearing loss is a valid excuse if your taking medication for stress of having ‘responsibility’ to get paid.

troll-sniffer5:32 pm 04 Aug 12

Can any sane person with more than three working brain cells attempt to justify why the whole frickin road has to be closed just for an operation such as this? Are today’s cops such a bunch of mummy’s boys and blouse-wearing scaredy cats that the concept of getting off the frickin’ road and conducting enquiries in a manner that causes less disruption to people’s lives is off the radar? Does the evidence obtained form a stopped vehicle change just because the vehicle is moved off a busy road lane and onto a verge?

To me this was a display of the type of sheer unadulterated arrogance that the cops are displaying more and more as they go about their business without giving two blue shits in a pink handbag how their oh so incredibly important control over the public is displayed. Wankers.

Police media have been in touch to say the highway has reopened.

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