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| Thread ID: 109196 | 2010-04-28 05:54:00 | I've been wondering when they'd crack down on Hydroponics selllers | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 880660 | 2010-04-28 05:54:00 | Saw the news item and had a quiet chuckle.......... There's two large hydroponics businesses on opposite sides of a street that I pass along regularly and they seemed to do a thriving trade. I always reckoned that they were propped up by the marijuana growing trade as there couldnt be that many indoor gardening freaks that they needed two in such close proximity, and I could not understand why the local plods hadn't turned them over. It did cross my mind though, that they might be taking plate numbers and/or following them back to base as a way of casting a wider net.:devil Of course much of their trade would be cash sales (nudge-nudge) stiffing the dope laws and the IRD at the same time, so it was inevitable that they'd get turned over at some stage. They were daft to have their dope and utensils on site though, they might have come ot better it they hadn't. Cheers Billy 8-{) :p Cheers Billy |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 880661 | 2010-04-28 06:02:00 | Lets just hope they now target car dealers for selling gear that enables people to speed. And lets spread some cheer for the thousands of victims of crime who had all their small complaints ignored while the cops dedicated thousands of hours to a harmless plant. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 880662 | 2010-04-28 06:24:00 | I thought the majority of all conventional gardening was weeding ? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 880663 | 2010-04-28 06:29:00 | And lets spread some cheer for the thousands of victims of crime who had all their small complaints ignored while the cops dedicated thousands of hours to a harmless plant. Bit of a narrow view there Metla. I agree the plant is relatively harmless, but the supply chain is something else altogether. Legalise it and that might become less of a problem, though I doubt it would go away completely. The situation is not dissimilar to Prohibition in the US, crime thrived on the proceeds, and when it was legalised that proportion of the organised crime problem faded into the background but came back with a vengeance when the drug scene boomed. In the end we either have a rule of law, or we give it all up to anarchy......... until a new order develops and new laws appear. Out of chaos comes order, followed closely by resistance, avoidance and evasion; then the whole cycle starts again. And no, I don't know the answer either................ Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 880664 | 2010-04-28 07:15:00 | It's all going to be insignificant soon, cigarette theft and duty dodging are about to become the booming crime areas | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 880665 | 2010-04-28 07:36:00 | There are two hydroponic shops (opposite on the road too) near me. They clearly advertise in the window their products will make your herbs more potent. They even have units with venting exhaust systems and insulation on display in the shop front. You would have to be pretty stupid to imagine this was only for growing your basil and parsley indoors. :rolleyes: It is interesting why only now they decide to prosecute the shop owners. | Jen (38) | ||
| 880666 | 2010-04-28 07:37:00 | Slow crime day? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 880667 | 2010-04-28 09:07:00 | It was fairly common knowledge in Nelson that the SOG was a supplier to the drugs growers and it was funny seeing them get turned over yesterday, I just happened to be over the road making a delivery at the time | gary67 (56) | ||
| 880668 | 2010-04-28 09:29:00 | RE: It is interesting why only now they decide to prosecute the shop owners. These characters can afford the very best of the so-called legal fraternity, as you will see in coming weeks. Hence the two years spent gathering the information - probably trying to make it watertight. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 880669 | 2010-04-28 09:39:00 | RE: It is interesting why only now they decide to prosecute the shop owners. These characters can afford the very best of the so-called legal fraternity, as you will see in coming weeks. Hence the two years spent gathering the information - probably trying to make it watertight. Agreed. No point in bringing matters to a Court unless you can prove it. |
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