Cops do watch Hydro Shops

[Snype]

I've seen cops many times at Worms Way in MA. I don't go there anymore but a couple of times when I was there, there was a cop hanging out in the back room. I've hung out there many of times and I sometimes I would see people buying a lot of grow equipment and they would load it up in a van or uhaul and they would get pulled over less than 60 seconds away from the grow shop. I've seen it with my own eyes so be very careful at the shops. I stopped going there when they got a new employee that I see too many times in the parking lot and he looks and acts just like a cop.

 

[statusquo]

I've hung out there many of times and I sometimes I would see people buying a lot of grow equipment and they would load it up in a van or uhaul and they would get pulled over less than 60 seconds away from the grow shop.

What would be the reason for pulling them over? Are they just hoping there is something else illegal in the car - last i checked nothing that you would buy in a hydro store would result in getting arrested.

 

[Snype]

What would be the reason for pulling them over? Are they just hoping there is something else illegal in the car - last i checked nothing that you would buy in a hydro store would result in getting arrested.

Are you just finding out that cops are dirty? You know how many times i've been arrested because cops like to break laws and violate my rights? Sit outside of a grow shop and try and figure how how many people are growing tomatoes. Most people at the shops now are growing weed. Cops want to get them. This is life.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

I've seen cops many times at Worms Way in MA. I don't go there anymore but a couple of times when I was there, there was a cop hanging out in the back room. I've hung out there many of times and I sometimes I would see people buying a lot of grow equipment and they would load it up in a van or uhaul and they would get pulled over less than 60 seconds away from the grow shop. I've seen it with my own eyes so be very careful at the shops. I stopped going there when they got a new employee that I see too many times in the parking lot and he looks and acts just like a cop.

That place most certainly is shady as hell. I have a fervent distrust of the old lady running the show there, she's always going outside to smoke a cig when people are pulling out of the parking lot. Always SUV's parked behind the place it seems too.

And don't get me started on the shitty advice their employees give:
stupid wook bimbo: "use this at full strength"
me: "really? I've tested the ec at full strength for just this base and it reads upwards of 3.2... that's not even including additives and stuff..."
stupid wook bimbo: "oh, well that's ok"
me: "they pay you minimum wage, don't they?"

Harvest moon is shady as hell too. I remember being 18 years old and having a friend bring me there to buy a 400w light, a fan, and some FFOF... about as small time as you can get... We had an unmarked tinted out crown vic follow us out of the parking lot and all the way back to 495. Last time I ever went there...

 

[Snype]

That place most certainly is shady as hell. I have a fervent distrust of the old lady running the show there, she's always going outside to smoke a cig when people are pulling out of the parking lot. Always SUV's parked behind the place it seems too.

And don't get me started on the shitty advice their employees give:
stupid wook bimbo: "use this at full strength"
me: "really? I've tested the ec at full strength for just this base and it reads upwards of 3.2... that's not even including additives and stuff..."
stupid wook bimbo: "oh, well that's ok"
me: "they pay you minimum wage, don't they?"

Harvest moon is shady as hell too. I remember being 18 years old and having a friend bring me there to buy a 400w light, a fan, and some FFOF... about as small time as you can get... We had an unmarked tinted out crown vic follow us out of the parking lot and all the way back to 495. Last time I ever went there...

Yeah, that Black or Dark Blue Ford Explorer always parked in the back and you can catch a glimps of it coming off the highway, before you enter the parking lot. There's also this newer guy that's mad shady and he's always smoking a cigarette in the lot and if I ask him anything, he doesn't even know what I'm talking about. I don't know if you noticed this but there has been a camera added to the stop light over there, right when you have to make the Uturn to get there. I didn't see any others on the other stop light. Seems kind of wierd. And you're right they have no idea what they are talking about, always giving bad advise.

 

[orangejuice]

there was a story about cops following a guy and finding his warehouse where i used to live as well, from the same shop i used to visit

the place i go to now offers "delivery" where they will meet you on the side of the road, in a parking lot or whatever. pretty cool service, might ask your local place if they'd be willing to do this.

 

[Stoner Chick]

I will never go to the hydro store in my nearby city again. It is also a "pool store" which is o.k. i guess so it isn't hydro growing only.

This thread is definitely scary.

 

[mrnikoboo]

Anywayz ON Topic of post
I ask, If Cops are spending their "Free time"or "Slow time" watching legit Grow stores, what Rapist, Murder or Serious crime are they worried about?

Im very familiar with the twin cities, use to live out there. The guys he is refering to work in groups of 5 last time I knew anything had 4 groups working the cities. Thats around 20 of these guys. They look like everyday people some, even sporting some kickin mullets.
Anyway in the twin cities area there are only 2 or 3 grow shops. One in particular where everyone goes. To make a long story short(fail)
Depending on where you are and how many shops you have Its nothing to get too worked up over.,
In the twin cities, being that there is one main shop, its a hell of a lot easier steakin the joint out. ya know.
Anyway all just opinion, no body is wrong in theirs.

 

[rubbanutz420]

there was a story about cops following a guy and finding his warehouse where i used to live as well, from the same shop i used to visit

the place i go to now offers "delivery" where they will meet you on the side of the road, in a parking lot or whatever. pretty cool service, might ask your local place if they'd be willing to do this.

Thats awesome....All good/ caring hydro shops should do this....I like it. I was thinking about opening a hydro shop, the closest one to me is shit and the next closes one is over an hour away.....I can imagine how bad 1 cop could hurt a business....Thats really fucked up and there seems like there would be a legal way to stop it...I would hope...thats just bullshit.....pretty much the cop would end up putting you out of business...and even worse, just to stay in business would be helping put paying customers in JAIL....pretty fucked up....this shit has to change, its beyond fucked!

 

[Backward_Z]

And of course the power companies roll over and give the info without a warrant...

Fuckers.

 

[orangejuice]

The black box at the bottom of the pole in the attached image has a camera mounted inside that is currently pointing at the front entrance of a hydro store in Florida.

i was visiting a friend in fl last week and his local hydro store had this exact same box right out front pointed directly at the door. i remembered this pic and thread so i really checked it out, it was wired exactly like this and had a light right above it. it was so similar to this pic i wouldn't be surprised if it was the same store. we passed at least 120 more poles on the way to his house, all businesses and i never saw another box like this... are they really cameras?

 

[supermanlives]

cops have been at worms way for years. harvest moon in foxboro is cool but also occasionally watched. i lived real close once. moved back to cali

 

[supermanlives]

harvest moon a liquor store and a subway all together. i spent thousands there

 

[vta]

i was visiting a friend in fl last week and his local hydro store had this exact same box right out front pointed directly at the door. i remembered this pic and thread so i really checked it out, it was wired exactly like this and had a light right above it. it was so similar to this pic i wouldn't be surprised if it was the same store. we passed at least 120 more poles on the way to his house, all businesses and i never saw another box like this... are they really cameras?

thats crazy...maybe give the name of the shop so our members around there know to stay clear

 

[mSeTxOiNcEaRn]

Glad i live in cali and i have a recc.

I went to a hydro store using my g/f car and bought over 1500$ in supplies, there was a shady ass guy in there looking at me and what i bought, i already knew what i needed it took less than 5 minutes in and out of there, when i walked out the guy was waiting in a FORD Taurus as we left he followed us to the freeway and then kept going. I paid cash of course, but that scared the crap out of me i didnt have a recc at the time, grew at my friends house instead 100 miles away, damn i was dumb. After harvest i brought all that shit back i still lived at home woke up to my parents telling me there must be a skunk inside the house LOL i called everyone a i knew had a friend let me cure my buds at his house and yeah...good times. Get a recc if you can please.

 

[orange juice]

i forgot the info to my original account like a true stoner and of course i reg'd with all fake info and a temp email so i can't recover it... anyway

thats crazy...maybe give the name of the shop so our members around there know to stay clear

sorry dude, i'm too paranoid to even mention where i've been, even if i live 3k miles away... but anyone who is worried can check the telephone pole outside their grow shop. the one i'm talking about wasn't hidden and if you're looking for it you'll see it for sure.

 

[Diamonddss]

ive read dozens of threads here and other sites.
Anyone who says its total bs to worry about grow shop is either misinformed or just not very bright. There are threads right here on ic mag showing numerous articles of operations that were busted by monitoring grow shops. Florida is well known and some other states. Warehouse shipping is also regularly monitored.

Type in operation green merchant and read about the huge amounts of arrest.
Also
c and p
http://stash.norml.org/truck-at-hydroponics-store-traced-pot-raided

Papamichael saw the truck five times between Jan. 6 and Feb. 19, according to court documents released last week, and that got the detective thinking. He checked to see who that truck belonged to, and where the driver might have set up an account with Progress Energy Corp. for electricity.

This is how the Pinellas sheriff’s narcotics squad was led to a string of warehouses behind a U.S. 19 strip plaza this month. There they found 460 marijuana plants and more than $12,000 in cash, the court documents say.

Allan Bednar, co-owner of Simply Hydroponics, was taken aback when he heard Tuesday that detectives identified a suspect by jotting down the license tag of a truck presumably driven by one of his customers.

“If they don’t have anything better to do, there’s not much I can do about it,” Bednar said. “I’m surprised … it seems there are more problems around of a more serious nature.”

Bednar wondered aloud whether the sheriff’s office was exposing itself to potential lawsuits though the surveillance technique. “We’re a gardening supply store,” Bednar said. It caters to professors, students and teachers, as well as homeowners, and if detectives begin showing up at their doors, it could be considered harassment, he said.

via Truck At Hydroponics Store Traced; Pot Raided – News- msnbc.com."



if your just smalltime then no worries. i shop at one but im very small. If you grow to sell and buy quite a bit just use common sense
borrow car.
pay cash
dont drive straight to grow

 

[Grass Lands]

Went to Costco the other day, along the way I noticed a fireworks hut setup across the street from one of the local grow shops, this hut was being ran by the sheriff's dept...now out of all the places to setup a fireworks hut ran by the pigs they chose to setup across the street of the grow shop...make your own conclusions but my money says they had some binoculars there and were scoping things out...

btw, I live in cali...



Peace
GL

 

[Mr. Reefer]

My opinion on hydro shops is "if you build it, they will come." I'm prolly a little bit on the paranoid side but I don't even grow at the moment and haven't for a long time but I still won't set foot in a hydro shop. Of course, I live in a non med state (aka police state)

 

[swampbuggy]

Thaiboxer - Twin Cities

About 20 years ago I went with a friend to get wine making supplies, we parked about 2 blocks away.

Apparently someone told him LEO watches this location as they sell hydro too.

Better safe than sorry.