Brickbat: Up in Smoke

The Texas Department of Public Safety and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration thought they had a major drug bust on their hands. State troopers had found what they believed was marijuana, 3,000 pounds of it, in a U-Haul truck. DEA agents they called in confirmed it, and they arrested Aneudy Gonzalez for felony drug possession. He spent almost a month in jail before lab tests showed the "marijuana" was actually hemp.

Comments

[crufus]

So DEA agents are dumb asses with qualified immunity?

At least they didn't kill him or his dog.

[Don't look at me!]

Nobody needs 3,000 lbs of hemp.

[Conchfritters]

Maybe he was just going to print copies of the Bill Of Rights, Constitution, and Declaration of Independence, and he wanted them to look authentic.

[jimc5499]

How would you know?

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Hey, don't wanna get busted like a thug? Then don't be hauling rope like a thug. They cops thought they smelled someth'n!

[Inigo Montoya]

If you give the DEA enough hemp rope, they will gang themselves.

[Fist of Etiquette]

These people are professionals and their time is valuable. I hope he was charged with wasting it.

[Conchfritters]

He did a month in the cooler while they thought about it.

[Holmes IV]

He should be glad they didn't let him keep his phone until they changed their mind...

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Surely he'd of got the max [15 years].

[JFree]

Hey at least it wasn't 3000 lbs of oregano

[Rich]

Or tomatoes.

[Rich]

Until incentive exists for troopers and agents to not call *everything* (potential) marijuana this kind of crap will continue.

"Pop quiz, Officer! Is *this* marijuana? If you value your job, choose wisely...."

[AlbertP]

"He spent almost a month in jail before lab tests showed the "marijuana" was actually hemp."

The "lab" mentioned here refers to individual assessments by PD officials who spent a month "testing" every plant. They were, needless-to-say, rather disappointed with the "results."

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