ATTN: Helicopters are checking #s in NW Michigan

chuckduck

chuckduck

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Keep your outdoor covered and locked. Helicopters are search NW lower peninsula near Kalkaska, Antrim, and Grand Traverse counties. Maybe more but not exactly sure. A friend of a friend just got a visit a few minutes ago. Helicopter hovered over the grow and police were there shortly to check his numbers. He was over. He wasn't arrested so it remains to be seen how this will be handled by the prosecuter. It wasn't covered so it makes me wonder if that was enough reason for them to come onto the property. If it was covered would they have been allowed on without a warrant? He probably would have been better off not even fencing it in. At least that would have not drawn attention to it.
 
st0wandgrow

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chuckduck said:
Keep your outdoor covered and locked. Helicopters are search NW lower peninsula near Kalkaska, Antrim, and Grand Traverse counties. Maybe more but not exactly sure. A friend of a friend just got a visit a few minutes ago. Helicopter hovered over the grow and police were there shortly to check his numbers. He was over. He wasn't arrested so it remains to be seen how this will be handled by the prosecuter. It wasn't covered so it makes me wonder if that was enough reason for them to come onto the property. If it was covered would they have been allowed on without a warrant? He probably would have been better off not even fencing it in. At least that would have not drawn attention to it.
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Does it have to be covered to comply with the law chuck?

I'm not up to speed on outdoor growing, but I thought they ammended the law a while back concerning the whole "enclosed locked facility"?
 
TheMan13

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MMMA compliance checks are becoming far too common by LEO and not justified by the law, jurisdiction or authority IMHO. But then again legal opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. The winner is always the best funded and sadly this game is funded by our own tax dollars with the clear interest of ginning up business for the "Justice System" that oversee it :cry: I've read a lot of scary legal documents produced up there over the past few months. I would not be surprised to see a SWAT team raid and seize with a "cease and desist order" or a legal opinion on letterhead from and signed by your local Prosecuting Attorney (Tony Badovinac). I suggest you head south away from those cowboys ;) At least down here they solicit a Federal Agent to go before a Federal Court to avoid/ignore the reality of our MMMA Section 4 protections ...

 
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TheMan13

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Please have them file a civil complaint to stop the violation of their MMMA Section 4 "Protections for the Medical Use of Marihuana" rights in your community. A medicinal patient has the right to this presumption of innocence in both the letter and spirit of the law. A civil cease and desist order granted here could change the game statewide :bigjoint: Once LEO saw their LARA licensing card/paperwork they should have apologized for the invasion of privacy and left IMHO

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlhkdyquhlmb0l45smt0rpfn))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-333-26424
 
buckaroo bonzai

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Limosnero said:
They are sweeping Misaukee & Wexford now. I waved but they didn't wave back :(
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I have PTsD from hell-icopters......every time i hear one:o

My friend got busted for 'mooning' them
......dont stick ur ass at them!

Best answer is hide from them....under a bush or tree and observe them observing ur property

And PTsD from cops!:finger:

Every time i here them and see their black SS cars and uniforms....

Meant to instill fear

Why arent they like nice blue or red the way they used to be...?

Compliance checks..:lol:....they're using the 'new' MSP helicopter(?) rick and schuette just bought with the :leaf:$$
 
ttystikk

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Michigan is a fascist Republican's paradise- just look at what they've done to the tiles of procedure up there in past years. Find the thugs who fund THOSE thugs' body expensive illegal tips and hold HIM accountable! They're just your rights, after all- you should only fight for them if you think they're worth keeping.
 
buckaroo bonzai

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>For hours at a time, the Michigan State Police take to the air to get a unique perspective looking into areas where homeowners may be breaking the law when it comes to growing marijuana.<

>Helicopter pilot Lieutenant Patrick Lawrence located the plants and then radioed the Tri-County Metro Narcotics Squad officers on the ground.<



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LANSING, MI (WLNS) - The Tri-County Metro Narcotics Squad teamed up with the Michigan State Police aviation unit Friday on a mission to rid the area of marijuana growing illegally.

Our Sheri Jones, and Chief Photographer David Parks went along for an exclusive "birds eye" view.

For hours at a time, the Michigan State Police take to the air to get a unique perspective looking into areas where homeowners may be breaking the law when it comes to growing marijuana.

From 500 feet in the air they spotted four growing operations within a 1/4 of a mile of each other in rural Eaton County.

Helicopter pilot Lieutenant Patrick Lawrence located the plants and then radioed the Tri-County Metro Narcotics Squad officers on the ground.

It's their job to make sure the owners are following the law and in this case they are all were.

That wasn't the case though for this homeowner in Vermontville. The eight plants he had growing in his backyard were seized.

From there, the team headed south to a swampy area, where metro officers armed with machetes cut their way through the brush and ultimately to the illegal pot plants growing wild there. It was quite a shock to the landowner.

“If they can keep drugs out of the hands of kids, I'm all for it,” said Dennis Warner, property owner.

The plants are all tagged and brought in as evidence. They'll be added to the 30,000 plants seized this summer in Michigan and the growing season isn't over yet. One recent fly-over by Michigan State Police yielded 15,000 plants.

“It's a cartel grow, so we're getting cartel moving up from the southwest border into our state. Weapons were found out in the grow and they build a camp and they move people, sometimes illegal immigrants actually live out there and take care of the grow for them. With that comes violence that we're seeing along the border currently. That's what we don't want in our state,” said First Lt. Chris Bush, Michigan State Police Field Support and Aviation Section Commander.

Watch the video above for more from 6 News Sheri Jones.

http://www.wlns.com/...rijuana-growing


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    Clyde La Fave
    5 hours ago
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    HUGE waste of taxpayers money !! Get outta the chopper and hit the streets where the REAL crime is !

    Wayne Koper
    10 hours ago
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    I can't think of one thing more important to expend Michigan tax revenue on, not a single thing. OK maybe a raise for Snyder and the Republican leadership.

    Brad Forrester
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    Another gigantic waste of public resources!!! The MSP only solves 1 in 4 murders but they can afford to break out the chopper to bust people for cannabis. Enjoy it while you can Sheri because in 2016, the voters are going to shut you down!!!

    Bonney70
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    This is the big news of of the tri-county area? A regular guy, growing his own pot? A father and husband, a working man? Really? This is the best you got? What about the massive amounts of heroin entering into our school districts every day? Marijuana is legal. The big drug with teens is heroin! What a joke. Everyone involved should look in the mirror and ask themselves; is this the most bang for the buck for our citizens? They should all resign. Share with the public what their priorties are. A dude growing some pot in his garden or heroin in our school districts? Cartel grow? What ****! This is an easy bust. chlorophyl from marijuanna is easily picked out from that of other plants. What a publicity stunt! God Bless you idiots! For the record, I don't smoke pot.
I dig the comments from facebook^^^^^:lol:
I think this guys comment summed it up nicely-----

Harassment.


"All these people that we harassed today were following the law, but this one time there was a guy in Vermontville, and he had 8 plants he didn't even know about! This is why we need a helicopter and thousands of dedicated man-hours for marijuana eradication. To keep the people safe."
 
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TheMan13

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Has anyone seen or heard of any DEA activity this year in the state :confused: They sure made a bunch of headlines all across the state and I 94 in particular last year. Remember the GrowGreen's raid and seizure of business records in Spring and the dozens of raids that followed all year long. All those "IEDs" they seized along with everything else in Jackson, the home explosion in Ypsi with a warrant to raid along with dozens of others only a day later, those 27 on the west side of the state raided, arrested, indicted and then all charges dropped all within days ...



Would I be crazy to think they have packed up and moved to Washington for 2014 :confused:

Their recent "Operation Shattered" and others come to mind: http://marijuana.com/news/2014/07/dea-unleashes-operation-shattered-arrests-washington-hash-makers/
 
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