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Dutch Police Using Unmanned Helicopters to Sniff Out Cannabis Grows

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Skip

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Leave it to the ever-inventive Dutch to discover a new way for Big Brother to spy on you. Now the Dutch police can locate cannabis growing indoors by using a sophisticated dwarf helicopter built by police engineers.

The Dutch who created the Big Brother reality TV show, sure like to spy on their own citizens. This remote controlled drone helicopter comes with a gas-spectral analysis system that looks for tell-tale signs of an indoor grow by hovering over chimneys and air vents.

How long before American Big Brother LEOs decide to copy this. Or are they already using drones for this purpose in certain jurisdictions?

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6277434/Dwarf-helicopter-sniffs-out-cannabis-plantations
 
anikas88

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I always thought that the netherlands was a tolerant liberal society, i thought that they didnt waste tax payers money on stupid stuff like this, i guess i was wrong. Can someone explain to me the dutch law toward cannabis and how this applies to growers and smokers
 
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British_Bulldog

anikas, the Dutch have a conservative government now and a lot is changing...
 
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movingtocally

Jesus. The Dutch are kidding themselves-it's as though they've somehow convinced themselves that they are not financially dependent upon the Western tourist dollar for hookers and herb. Like everybody is going to hit up the Dam, which is literally the most overpriced city in the world, for some shitty local cuisine(and it is probably the worst food in Western Europe), mediocre accommodations and shitty weather for the fucking Ann Frank Museum? No? What then? A fucking windmill tour or something?

Sad to say, but the US will have to lead the way towards cannabis legalization. Then all the other nations will follow suit.
 
RetroGrow

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Skip said:
Leave it to the ever-inventive Dutch to discover a new way for Big Brother to spy on you. Now the Dutch police can locate cannabis growing indoors by using a sophisticated dwarf helicopter built by police engineers.

The Dutch who created the Big Brother reality TV show, sure like to spy on their own citizens. This remote controlled drone helicopter comes with a gas-spectral analysis system that looks for tell-tale signs of an indoor grow by hovering over chimneys and air vents.

How long before American Big Brother LEOs decide to copy this. Or are they already using drones for this purpose in certain jurisdictions?

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6277434/Dwarf-helicopter-sniffs-out-cannabis-plantations
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Basically, Leo has the same thing here. Thermal imaging devices which can be hand held or mounted in choppers. Leo can just drive around the neighborhood to look for heat signatures. I have seen one of these in action, and it is scary. They also use them from above. I guess it's only a matter of time before they try something similar here, with the gas-spectral analysis. However, if this is a drone, it's going to get shot out of the sky around here. I guess not many folks toting guns in Holland.
But here?
Those drones will be target practice.
 
SkareCrow

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the dutch are going to destroy their marijuana industry in a finiancial down turn

how stupid can you be?

I love how the EU has forced their hollow ideology on the dutch. One small step for a totalitarian world government
 
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movingtocally said:
Jesus. The Dutch are kidding themselves-it's as though they've somehow convinced themselves that they are not financially dependent upon the Western tourist dollar for hookers and herb. Like everybody is going to hit up the Dam, which is literally the most overpriced city in the world, for some shitty local cuisine(and it is probably the worst food in Western Europe), mediocre accommodations and shitty weather for the fucking Ann Frank Museum? No? What then? A fucking windmill tour or something?
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Man, I almost coughed a lung laughing at the last bit as I was mid toke. LOL
 
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SkareCrow said:
the dutch are going to destroy their marijuana industry in a finiancial down turn

how stupid can you be?

I love how the EU has forced their hollow ideology on the dutch. One small step for a totalitarian world government
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Thank god i'm in the middle of europe but not into the EU
 
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I for some odd reason thought that when the fuzz did thermal heat scans, that smaller wattage bulbs (400watts and under) werent ever a concern if one ran buy your casa, and that the fuzz is really just looking for 1000watt heat signitures? I dont know where I read that, but I also remember it saying "there are so many appliances, like refridgerators, plug in room heaters, TV's, water heaters, etc.., that can produce alot of heat in a house and that can produce enough heat to be equivalent to a 400watt HID, but the 1000watt HID lights produce tons of heat and can easily be distinguished without a doubt."
Again I cant remember where I read that, HighTimes maybe? Or an Ed Rosenthal book?
Haha, I dont know, but im so stoned I may have just made it up :)
 
JamieShoes

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I always thought the idea of looking for heat signitures in lofts was flawed at best... surely my hotwater boiler must look like a big assed grow then.. sitting there all (literally) scolding hot
 
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how does this help anything? it would seem that under dutch law it would be illegal to waste money on something like this especially when it doesnt help the community

okay you have to enforce laws, but how much effort do they need to really put into busting growers? why not stop there? why not start making all grow equipment illegal? how about hiring james bond to start busting growers, and maybe make everyone in the country take piss tests?
 
cornflake

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JamieShoes said:
I always thought the idea of looking for heat signitures in lofts was flawed at best... surely my hotwater boiler must look like a big assed grow then.. sitting there all (literally) scolding hot
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How hot is a 400W bulb? Or a 600W?

They're alot hotter than your hot water system.
 
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movingtocally said:
the most overpriced city in the world, for some shitty local cuisine(and it is probably the worst food in Western Europe), mediocre accommodations and shitty weather for the fucking Ann Frank Museum? No? What then? A fucking windmill tour or something?
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Took the words right out of my mouth. Cuisine? McDonald's next to a gay porn store or the french fries stand with wax paper to-go packaging. Warm orange juice at Barney's. Sucky expensive salad at Grasshopper. Cars that are so weak they creep up on you like bicycles. English tourists. Turkish drug dealers at every corner.
 
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British_Bulldog

It's not going to change much anyway, because a lot of growers have moved to Germany now anyway!
 
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DogBoy

Jesus, the one place we can freely smoke and you want to slate it because it doesn't fit your standards. Maybe you should look at your own laws before you rag on a country that tries to be progressive and tolerant. If your country was a bit more tolerant you wouldn't be here whining would you!

It's not perfect but it's stoner friendly and that counts for a lot in my book. Want nice fries, cook yer bloody own! Scared of gay shops/people, open your mind a little. Cars that are gutless, i bet they can turn corners! Warm orange juice, if thats the worst you can offer then i give up........
 
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