re: DEA raids home gardener after buying 16 oz of fertilizer at garden store

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theenemy

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As an LEO is there ever a scenario that you'd have probable cause to think this would be a drug house if you didn't find anything wrong?

I only ask because the DEA in this instance had that exact thought.

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An application for a search warrant for a different Midwest Hydroganics customer, Tomczak noted, stated that police had found no evidence of marijuana plant residue in the trash -- and suggested that was evidence a suspect was covering up his marijuana grow.

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To me this is the most outrageous part. It doesn't really matter to DEA if there was or wasn't evidence to support a 2:00 AM visit by their SWAT. It doesn't matter if what they purchased was or wasn't used in making drugs. It doesn't even matter if they thought the people inside were a threat.

What mattered is the DEA wanted to show who's the boss and make sure a message was recieved. If you don't do what we tell you, you will suffer.