Got a grow-op? BC Hydro will shut you down!

[tim31]

Way back in high school a good friend of mine did a GAP year in Ontario; he told me once about a party he went to that got broken up by police and even had a helicopter involved. I was impressed, and wondered what sort of rural Canadian towns need a helicopter, until he informed me that they used to it spot the pot crop growing in the middle of the field of primary produce.

Then a few years back, about an hour where my older sister lives, which is in the middle of NOWHERE, Police busted a camo mary jane operation that was measured in the thousands of square metres.

[Enigma]

No, there needs to be a little more disincentive to starting a grow-op. This sort of thing isn't bad, but it could be better. I've also heard of police using a helicopter rigged with FLIR to find unusual heat sources, and peg them in that manner for further investigation. I don't know if any of the police services in BC have access to helicopters, but it seems to me that that could work.

The RCMP detachments in BC have helicopters with FLIR but they usually use them to look for dope ops in the woods or along the border, not in houses.

Yup, from what I understand it is also done in Ontario but the police cannot use FLIR as evidence of a grow-op in someone's home if they want to get a search warrant. Something about violating the homeowners rights and freedom.