This is why I am building my own house with a super secret basement
Just dont have the contractor build that super secret basement...
http://www.marijuana.com/drug-war-headline-news/16406-mi-police-marijuana-grow-rooms-found-behind-fake-wall-vault-door.html
Police: Marijuana 'grow rooms' found behind fake wall, vault door
11-12-2004 | Detroit free Press
VASSAR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Acting on an informant's tip about a recently built home, police found what they describe as an elaborate indoor
Marijuana-growing complex hidden behind a fake wall and a bank-vault door at the home.
In July, Mark T. Latting sued his builder, claiming defective workmanship on the Tuscola County home, The Bay City Times reported. Two months later, undercover police investigating Latting searched his home and turned up the "grow rooms."
Police say a wall section rotated on a turnstile when they pushed on a pool-cue rack built into the wall. That led to a furnace room, they say, which led to a bank-vault door that could be opened with a keypad combination.
Behind the vault door, officers said they found two grow rooms with their own ventilation systems leading outside, carbon-dioxide tanks to provide gas for plant growth and other equipment related to growing
pot.
"These two
Marijuana grow rooms were built as part of the plans for the new home," said Detective Lt. Mitch Krugielki, commander of the Thumb Narcotics Unit. "It had (
Marijuana) drying racks built in the hallway between the two grow rooms."
Latting, 49, was charged following the Sept. 28 search with seven counts, including maintaining a drug house. On Nov. 5, Tuscola County District Judge Kim David Glaspie told lawyers to submit briefs within 14 days so he could decide whether to order Latting to stand trial.
Latting's lawyer Mark W. Latchana plans to challenge whether the police search of Latting's home was legal. Latchana said police threatened to get a search warrant if they weren't let behind the vault door.
"The police claim they were granted consent to search (Latting's) home, but there is some question whether the consent given was valid," Latchana said.
Police said they began conducting surveillance on Latting after receiving an anonymous tip that an indoor
Marijuana-growing complex had been built as part of the home. Latchana said he doesn't know the informant's identity.
Latting's lawsuit against his builder is pending.