Cops do watch Hydro Shops

[idoja]

I once had a boss who was married to a dea agent. he was a real dipshit and she was a real lush. at work he would brag all day long about everything she told him. i think that everyone in * got an education on the italian families that occupy the third coast and what businesses they own.

Anyway...he once told me that the dea had cameras posted on poles that monitored certain parking lots. But who gives a fuck. Pigs go fishin all the time. just be carefull. and look like a little fish.

 

[Kalicokitty]

do you remember the one with the big wheel setup a few years back?? he specifically mentioned that one as started by a hydro follow.


i get to hit, choke & fight cops all the time ... and yes i always burn on the way there

Oh I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just not that particular case in shakopee.

None of the cops you roll with ever say, "bro, you smell like weed"?
I wouldn't want to wrestle a cop after just smoking.

 

[FatBlunt420]

not like theres a cop watching every hydro store at all times. but my first big purchase i picked up in a uhaul, they let me load it up around back. and then i moved. no problems. the uhaul moved about $4k in equiptment.
im sure IF a cop was to run the info, he could just call the uhaul and get the information. i didnt have any issues...
the cab idea's funny, im sure he would want a nice tip

 

[Kalicokitty]

The one by me is home brewing/hydro, and they do a ridiculous amount of home brewing business, the brew shoppers out number the grow shoppers 10 to 1, so unless your coming out the door with huge bags of soil, it's hard to say why your there.

But, they also were doing a speed trap on the road one day, with a cop in a lawn chair holding a speed gun right across the street from the shop, now there were more cops in cars down the road waiting to pull over the speeders this guy indicated, but I was thinking it would be a simple matter to look at plates at the same time as your doing you speed trap, and maybe the speed trap was just a cover for sitting there and watching the shop, i hate pigs, why can't they go hassle some meth or crackheads, damn.

 

[OMountainMix]

My buddy's uncle is one of the top dogs at the DEA in DC. Top dog enough that my buddy flew with them back when we were kids looking for grows. They REALLY don't care about small time pot operations. That's all been handed over to the state police. They are putting all their man power into busting the cartels. Other than that, they are looking for major coke/crack rock type operations. Plus his uncle always calls him to find out if he knows the peeps involved in any take downs in our area. It's ALWAYS something like that, not some pot operation. I don't worry too much anymore. I'm not a big deal. If I were, I could quit my day job and my small business . . . .

But we do NOT go to the hydro store. If we HAD to, we'd go to the garden store in another town that also has hydro stuff and is owned by dead heads. We'd never go to a straight up hydro store . . . .

 

[thaiboxer]

Oh I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just not that particular case in shakopee.

None of the cops you roll with ever say, "bro, you smell like weed"?
I wouldn't want to wrestle a cop after just smoking.

i wash my hands & chew gum before i get on the mats.


brew & grow would be the place to go, i went by ecogarden the other day, a big warehouse setup full of everything an enthusiast needs. I'm currently only in the research phase so no biggie.

this guy was part of the now defunct 'gang taskforce' so i'm sure he was referring to those specialty shop in the cities.

 

[thaiboxer]

My buddy's uncle is one of the top dogs at the DEA in DC. Top dog enough that my buddy flew with them back when we were kids looking for grows. They REALLY don't care about small time pot operations. That's all been handed over to the state police. They are putting all their man power into busting the cartels. Other than that, they are looking for major coke/crack rock type operations. Plus his uncle always calls him to find out if he knows the peeps involved in any take downs in our area. It's ALWAYS something like that, not some pot operation. I don't worry too much anymore. I'm not a big deal. If I were, I could quit my day job and my small business . . . .

But we do NOT go to the hydro store. If we HAD to, we'd go to the garden store in another town that also has hydro stuff and is owned by dead heads. We'd never go to a straight up hydro store . . . .

he actually mentioned that its not big a deal & that a recent case a guy with 50lbs (wet?) & only got probation, no idea what the circumstances were.

 

[guest456mpy]

OMountainMix,
I caught a cannabis felony by being initially pulled over solely because it had deadhead stickers on the rear window. Once pulled over they smelled weed and hence probable cause and we all know the rest. After the cops had me handcuffed, etc they let me know that cops have any deadhead marked cars as priority suspects for cannabis busts. A store is probably watched just as closely as a hydro shop.

When I go to my local "brew and grow" style store I just try to look like a small fish (which I am). The cops usually go for low hanging fruit. I do like brew once and again so I might even start brewing my own, too.

Anyway, I thought I'd remind everyone about deadheads and the police. Been there, done that!

Kindest regards,
Hempyguy

 

[pimpjuice]

I'm still riding out some paper due to just this. Electric companies cooperate with police when asked no problemo.

 

[OMountainMix]

Well their store is called "Let it grow" which I didn't realize was a dead song until recently. But it's way more of a garden store than anything else. Very legit.

I've never been in our local hydro store (which is a straight up hydro store). My hubby used to, but hasn't in a long time. He doesn't want me on the camera there . . . .

I have quite a legitimizing effect due to the way I look and the aura I exude. Lucky for him.

 

[arrg]

I know of people 8-9 years ago that got a knock and talk after just buying beer stuff at brew and grow in chicago. I take the train and know a bus instead. The suitcase fits most of what I want

 

[the_red_bull]

I train jiu jitsu & there are a few cops that train there also. I struck up a conversation after class with one that works vice about grow ops. He said when things are slow then sit outside the hydroshops & run plates, after the plate run they run energy bills & start checking out the place if they have any reason to suspect an op. If they suspect something they generally go through the trash to get a warrant or try to nab somebody after they leave.

gl - stay safe.

No worries for me, but when I make the trip down to the hydro shop I have a buddy that drives me. I'm certain if they found anything "suspicious" with his power usage they'd end up making themselves look stupid. He doesn't mind because he says if a raid comes down on him he'll sue the city.

 

[guest456mpy]

The song is actually Weather Report Pt 2 which is sub-titled "Let it Grow", a very good tune.
Just wanted to clue you in on the Deadhead reputation; as long as you are proceeding with your eyes open, all is cool.

Just remember the words of another Dead song "Uncle John's Band...."
"Well the first days are the hardest days,
Don't you worry any more,
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street,
there is danger at your door."

May your looks and aura serve you well, my sister...
Hempyguy

 

[guest456mpy]

I know of people 8-9 years ago that got a knock and talk after just buying beer stuff at brew and grow in chicago. I take the train and know a bus instead. The suitcase fits most of what I want

LOL, their location didn't leave much of an excuse, did it?
They've recently moved to Belmont and Kedzie which is a bit better in that respect.
No, officer I was visiting the Metropitan Sanitary district over there... LOL
PT there. Buy something, visit some more local stores and PT back is best...

I'm still intrigued with home brewing, though and wine making as well.

 

[whodair]

they also sit outside massage parlors. while off duty

 

[ThcInfused]

luckily im outdoor so i can just go to my local Lowes

 

[arrg]

LOL, their location didn't leave much of an excuse, did it?
They've recently moved to Belmont and Kedzie which is a bit better in that respect.
No, officer I was visiting the Metropitan Sanitary district over there... LOL
PT there. Buy something, visit some more local stores and PT back is best...

I'm still intrigued with home brewing, though and wine making as well.

Home brewing sucks but home distilling rocks. You can make some real good real strong stuff out of sill crap. I have cleaned out peoples cabinets of old food then a few weeks later had some crazy pea and carrot booze.

I liked the old location I could hop off the metra and be there in a couple minutes but now its the bus, I hate the bus.

 

[theHIGHlander]

if you aint a Ninja you could always try the good old superhero trick.....you know get yaself the FULL spiderman/batman/Green Goblin/Robocop outfit,,,has to be a pull face mask so thay cant see ya.....cops wont bother a superhero, evenmore so Robocop...


support your local hydro store


keep it green
highlander

 

[thaiboxer]

if you aint a Ninja you could always try the good old superhero trick.....you know get yaself the FULL spiderman/batman/Green Goblin/Robocop outfit,,,has to be a pull face mask so thay cant see ya.....cops wont bother a superhero, evenmore so Robocop...

highlander

your secret identity would be intact but they would still run the plate of the bat mobile & the bills to the bat cave.

you could go more 007 with the rotating license plate & tux, the cops would be looking at the hot chick on your arm vs the plate.

 

[The WeedChucks]

I think this all depends where you are from and the local tacticsand training...especially if lets say a local grower got busted ith a ton of equiptment and receipts to the neighborhood grow shop..then more than likely you dont even want to be around the area!!!!