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flir helecoptor over my house three times today

Blackvelvet

Member
I remember One big potato at cannabis world had a 250 watt grow. They used a flir from a chopper on his house. They picked up the heat from his furnace. He knew this because they stated on the warrant where the intense heat was detected in the house. Never the less, they raided his house and he got busted. He moved to California in the end. :fsu:
 
250 watt grows getting busted... Thats pretty pathetic and un necessary.

Not to mention the thousands of dollars it takes to get a helicopter into the air and get that flir on his house.

I spit on the fools.
 
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stonedeconomist

dude if the cops were looking at your house with a flir they wouldn't turn the searchlight on. doing that totally gives away the fact that they are looking at you and don't yet have a warrent. it would be like having uniformed officers stand out on the street corner and try to make prostitution busts. more than likely their just looking around the neighborhood for something else. you said you had a problem with thieves. but like the other guy said my space heater uses 1500 watts, Showtime Rottiserie BarBQue uses 1700.
 
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stonedeconomist

but then again, maybe they are looking at you, has anybody who knows that you grow been busted lately, you could have been ratted out and they could have been told your growing a lot more than you really are.
 
G

Guest

No one asked the all important question........................

Is there a Airport or helipad next to your house? Highrise buildings or oil or gas pipelines near. Trust me if they had the goods on you, they'd be knocking on your door, not doing multiple fly by's.
 

JJScorpio

Thunderstruck
ICMag Donor
Veteran
FLIR is used by looking through a screen. There are no flashing lights. I suggest tin foil caps for all residents of the house. This will break up your thoughts if they are trying to read your mind. Good luck.
 

macster

Member
What everyone is trying to say in a funny way is to relax. No one is going to fuck around busting a personnel grow of 600watts with a 500k helicopter.
 
This happens to me all the time. I had one fly so low to the house it was nuts. IT was sooo loud the first time when this happen. The day before I had just went to the hydro store and thought the followed me home or something. The heli would fly over all the time. What i started to do was write down what times of the day and what day it happens. What i notice was a pattern. This made me feel better. This happen last october and still happens all the time. I am still here. I also have only a 600 grow with a t5 veg.
 

Harry Gypsna

Dirty hippy Bastard
Veteran
i had one circle and hover over my gaff 7 times on monday night.......but it will have been some little twat garden hopping after burning out a nicked car- seriously dont worry about it.
 
G

Guest

Meathead said:
What you have to do is sit out in your truck tonight and when they fly over


jack him with one of these in his lookers. Plugs right into your cigarette lighter.




BEST idea yet.

hahahahahahahahaaaaa.
but you know how it goes.....THEY can play that way but WE cant......



.
 

Grownz

Member
Blackvelvet said:
I remember One big potato at cannabis world had a 250 watt grow. They used a flir from a chopper on his house. They picked up the heat from his furnace. He knew this because they stated on the warrant where the intense heat was detected in the house. Never the less, they raided his house and he got busted. He moved to California in the end. :fsu:
That is shocking! What a waste of time and money.
 

DaDank

Member
Sorry folks...

Sorry folks...

I don not have the "speak" required to funtion effectively on these pages.
If you would be so kind, what does "FLIR" (I assume, at least, that the I.R=Infra-red) stand for?
 
G

Guest

Forward looking infra-red(FLIR).Hey brainthor,that apache land in your front yard yet lol?You folks crack me up each and every morning.FLIR on a 250W grow picking up a furnace ending with arrest and fugitivation lol,you folks really buying that sorta crap lol?I have copters flying over my house daily,have for years.I have something to worry about in a real sense,but not FLIR weilding helicopters from hell seeking out furnaces and 250 watt grows AHHH I slay myself hahahaha
 
G

Guest

Wasnt commenting on your grow brainthor I was comenting on what grownz posted,funny stuff.You do need to lighten bro,are you in the US?If so,they wont get you that way,it's illegal.And all these paranoid people that say cops will do what they please like take a FLIR helicopter on a joyride to discover growhouses when the initial probable cause cant be used in court are just that,paranoid lolEDIT I've had copters fly over my house practically daily for 6 years now with close to 5K in lights going if that makes you feel any better,they never bothered me not a lick.There are real dangers to doing this,you dont want to be distracted by bullshit
 
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badboyg

Member
for the record... that was a fairly well documented event.. that grow bust over a heater vent,,, ya .. they taged the vent as a grow.. and "found" the 250 watter grow on the other side of the house,, I think they worked a deal to lessen the bust but still got hammered..

sooo say what you want,, IT DOES HAPPEN,, and ONCE is too many for me////
 

elevate

Member
brainthor said:
ok im a little concerned i am being f.l.i.red three times today chopper flys over with flir flashing a white light at my house..i have a small grow 600 watts flower 150 watts veg...can they detect my grow...im sealed no exhaust out of my house..i hear they bust you by the venting which i have none..any thoughts are appreciated..i know they have to have a warrant to be doing this scan legally...correct? if i film these fly overs and they have no warrant can i just shut down my grow and sue there ass for violating my rights?im really pissed been having a lot of trouble with thieves and now police...i dont want to shut down my grow fuck this sucks..any advice is appreciated

from information I have gathered for other growers, apparently there is a device on special police copters that can pick up HEAT, particularly heat that is not produced by any heater and other appliances that create heat in your house (including a gas water heater or other powerful ones. I dont know though, I always thought this to be a rumor myself.
 

Grownz

Member
smilin bob said:
Wasnt commenting on your grow brainthor I was comenting on what grownz posted,funny stuff.You do need to lighten bro,are you in the US?If so,they wont get you that way,it's illegal.And all these paranoid people that say cops will do what they please like take a FLIR helicopter on a joyride to discover growhouses when the initial probable cause cant be used in court are just that,paranoid lolEDIT I've had copters fly over my house practically daily for 6 years now with close to 5K in lights going if that makes you feel any better,they never bothered me not a lick.There are real dangers to doing this,you dont want to be distracted by bullshit
As has been said, that 250w bust actually went down.... Alot of people seem to know about it. Helicopters don't worry me personally. But if i was in any part of the US i wouldn't put it past LEO but the chances of it actually happening is very slim. My part of the world is pretty lax. Def don't need to worry about FLIR round here. lol
 
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