Police Wrap - 6 July

Tooks said :

What’s the alternative dvaey? Just give up and legalise it?

Oh noes …. DMD will be awoken to the smell of ……………….. yet another debate over “to legalise, or not to legalise. That, is the question”

I recommend watching Weeds.

This has three benefits:

1) Mary Louise Parker, the most beautiful woman in the world.

2) Explains the economics of the industry very well.

3) It’s occasionally funny and often entertaining

Hydroponics eat electricity.

What’s the alternative dvaey? Just give up and legalise it?

You obviously have no idea how much these professional hydro set ups cost to run if you think those numbers are pulled out of the air.

The war on drugs wins again. This will make those drug users take an extra 5min to find someone else to get their stuff from.

Bet the guy will get off with a warning, the evidence will be depleted by officers before being destroyed, really the only outcome here is that for a brief period those dealers who werent caught can raise their prices.

Also, thousands of dollars of electricity? That means running a 1kW light for approx 1 year 24/7. These numbers seem pulled out of the air, or pulled out of someplace else.

They don’t bypass the electricity to save money.

Police will also allege that electricity supply to the home had been tampered with, and the supply diverted around the meter box. Thousands of dollars worth of electricity is suspected to have been stolen to power the hydroponic cultivation.

I’ve been told by an acquaintence who’s a copper in Victoria that this is a very common way for these people to get caught. The electricity companies figure out that the metre box has been bypassed and they refer it to the coppers. You’d think that there was enough of a margin in hooch to cover the cost of power – but then again, if you’re breaking so many laws already whats a little utility theft?

And considering that to get it to street value any number of middlemen have to take a cut.

Especially when the estimated value of the crop is meaningless without any information about the costs incurred in growing it. If you looked at the figures involved it may even be more profitable to have a real job.

“The estimated street value of the drugs haul is around $200,000.”

I’ve never understood the Media fascination with what drug hauls are worth. I don’t give a shit what it’s worth and all theses reports do is to encourage every other born loser to try dealing or growing drugs for themselves once they see the chance of mega money.