audix2359
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I thought I would take a moment and share my experience with a few local Sherriffs deputies today.
First off, only 2 people knew about any growing activity in my house; me and my wife. My wife, who had been fine with everything up to today, decided to call me while I was at work to tell me that I wasn't allowed to grow and to get rid of my plants. Naturally, I told her no, that's not going to happen.
Long story short, when I got home I found my stuff missing, all but 2 plants. Mind you, I had a very small grow underway - nothing major. My wife had an afternoon appointment anyway so I figured she had it. Anyway, I was relaxing and watching TV when my dog started growling, etc. like he does when someone's around (man's best friend I tell you). I look out the window to see 2 deputies approaching my door.
So, I bolted to my grow area, pulled the plants and ate them and threw the pots, dirt into a trash can on the way to the door.
We talked for a bit outside and they said that my wife had dropped off plants and grow equipment at the sheriffs office. After some Q&A, with which I was politely evasive and changed the subject as often as possible, they asked if they could look around. Knowing my plants were taking a bath in stomach acid at the moment, I invited them in. They found grow medium, some lights, cords, etc but NO PLANTS. At one point, I brought up a warrant but by then they obviously had enough to get one and weren't going anywhere in the meantime and they asked to see my "closet" where my wife said the set-up was. Sure it was empty and it had some ferts, a Ph meter, a few pots and things but no plants and no evidence or smells, etc.
Luckily, we just talked for about 10 minutes about no growing weed and how they are taking down major grow houses and left...without taking me with them!
My point of this is to share my story in hopes that others will read and head what happened to me. Had my wife been a little more calculated, I might not be in a position to post this at the moment. The deputies were pretty cool so even if they had found the couple of small plants they probably would not have done anything but you never know.
A few things that seemed to work in my favor:
1. Im pretty clean cut and polite; well spoken, etc. I tried to remain as calm and "professional" as possible, relative to my awkward situation.
2. While evasive, I was polite and cooperative with them at all times, even when I challenged them with the warrant thing.
3.[FONT="] I let them look around, even though there was some incriminating stuff still around. I know that this is like breaking the Golden Rule but it was certainly better than a crap-load of LEOs in my house tearing it apart to find something. There were some seeds in the freezer buried under some other frozen stuff and a warrant surely would have turned those up. [/FONT]
All in all, the whole thing went down well considering what could have happened. One of the rules of grow room security and safety is tell no one. The thing about that is, my wife and I are on good terms and always have been. While she wasnt thrilled about my little grow show, she gave it her stamp of approval. I never would have considered her going to LEO herself to turn me in. I suppose it goes to show that you never can tell.
Bottom line, be careful!!!
First off, only 2 people knew about any growing activity in my house; me and my wife. My wife, who had been fine with everything up to today, decided to call me while I was at work to tell me that I wasn't allowed to grow and to get rid of my plants. Naturally, I told her no, that's not going to happen.
Long story short, when I got home I found my stuff missing, all but 2 plants. Mind you, I had a very small grow underway - nothing major. My wife had an afternoon appointment anyway so I figured she had it. Anyway, I was relaxing and watching TV when my dog started growling, etc. like he does when someone's around (man's best friend I tell you). I look out the window to see 2 deputies approaching my door.
So, I bolted to my grow area, pulled the plants and ate them and threw the pots, dirt into a trash can on the way to the door.
We talked for a bit outside and they said that my wife had dropped off plants and grow equipment at the sheriffs office. After some Q&A, with which I was politely evasive and changed the subject as often as possible, they asked if they could look around. Knowing my plants were taking a bath in stomach acid at the moment, I invited them in. They found grow medium, some lights, cords, etc but NO PLANTS. At one point, I brought up a warrant but by then they obviously had enough to get one and weren't going anywhere in the meantime and they asked to see my "closet" where my wife said the set-up was. Sure it was empty and it had some ferts, a Ph meter, a few pots and things but no plants and no evidence or smells, etc.
Luckily, we just talked for about 10 minutes about no growing weed and how they are taking down major grow houses and left...without taking me with them!
My point of this is to share my story in hopes that others will read and head what happened to me. Had my wife been a little more calculated, I might not be in a position to post this at the moment. The deputies were pretty cool so even if they had found the couple of small plants they probably would not have done anything but you never know.
A few things that seemed to work in my favor:
1. Im pretty clean cut and polite; well spoken, etc. I tried to remain as calm and "professional" as possible, relative to my awkward situation.
2. While evasive, I was polite and cooperative with them at all times, even when I challenged them with the warrant thing.
3.[FONT="] I let them look around, even though there was some incriminating stuff still around. I know that this is like breaking the Golden Rule but it was certainly better than a crap-load of LEOs in my house tearing it apart to find something. There were some seeds in the freezer buried under some other frozen stuff and a warrant surely would have turned those up. [/FONT]
All in all, the whole thing went down well considering what could have happened. One of the rules of grow room security and safety is tell no one. The thing about that is, my wife and I are on good terms and always have been. While she wasnt thrilled about my little grow show, she gave it her stamp of approval. I never would have considered her going to LEO herself to turn me in. I suppose it goes to show that you never can tell.
Bottom line, be careful!!!
