How do cops weigh your plants?

[Cerb]

I know the thread is getting a bit of age on it, but I talked to my LEO friend today and asked him how it was done. He has always been required by the state to cut the flowers from the plant, dry them, and weigh them. So, at least around here, it is done proper. That is, if you can call it that.

 

[SpacedCWBY]

he he... before I lose this though - The pigs weigh your plants by first placing a copy of the constitution in the bottom of an outhouse. Each and everyone of those pig fuckers goes on in and takes a massive shit right on the signatures. Then they proceed to add in the weight of dirt, water, plastic and metal that you use to grow the pot, then they'll add the ganja to the scale. When their all done adding everything but the faucet that you used to get the water they're weighing from, they weigh it all up. Yep, 10 plants weighs in at over 400lbs valued at $15 million dollars!!! muiahahahahaha. GET THE NEWSPAPERS!!!!

 

[Gunnarguchi]

in Denmark when its out door they take the plant and get the weight wet ( without roots in most cases)
then they say about 9% is dryed pot
so if your plant is 6 kg wet with stems and all they say thats 500 grams of pot

with indoor they are completely insane and 200 grams of pot often gets to like 1 kg of hash by their measure
they take the weight of the pot and then measure the thc
then they compare it to hash in 6 % thc
you cant even get saop bar hash here that bad but it sounds better for the judge as since they dont know any better the pigs are allowed to pump the volume a lot
heard of a guy that got busted just before going to harvest 1000-1200 grams indoor
they charged and sentenced him of having pot that was calculated into 2,5 kg worth of hash
tell me thats one psychedelic way of doing calculations
in my book he would have had 100-120 grams of good hash
then he could have let the pollinator get more green stuff trough and he would have maybe been able to squeeze 300-400 grams of low grade hash of it
but how that turns into 2,5 kg is beyond me and that just shows how screwed the system is.

 

[chuckyoufarley]

if they are gonna weighit it sould only be the TRICHs cuz thats where the thc is and thats whats really illeagal right

 

[Tony Aroma]

if they are gonna weighit it sould only be the TRICHs cuz thats where the thc is and thats whats really illeagal right

Nope. According to the Controlled Substances Act:

The term ''marihuana'' means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds or resin. Such term does not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination.​

You'd think they could at least spell it correctly!

 

[LolaGal]

Anybody ever notice that the buds all disappear from the plants BEFORE they are burned by law enforcement? No kidding, you will see pics of plants seized with big buds, but when you see the footage of them burning all the confiscated plants, there are only stems and fan leaves....

Also, they weigh whatever they can, dirt, etc. and make up big estimates about the "street value" of the plants....

 

[greenhead]

The cops and the govt in general doesn't have a clue at all about cannabis plants.

You always see these busts, where they estimate that each plant would have produced like $1,500 - $2,000 worth of weed each, and in the pictures you see some plants that might have produced a couple of ounces each if lucky.

They should come on this forum and share their expertise and their growing techniques. I'd like to see them grow out a bunch of plants and we'll see how much they end up with and how much it's worth at the end.

Also, I wouldn't doubt that they water the plants before weighing them, easily making them many times more heavy than they really are. They'll probably throw in the HPS lights and ballasts and weigh that too, lol.

 

[Cerb]

Nope. According to the Controlled Substances Act:

The term ''marihuana'' ...​

You'd think they could at least spell it correctly!

Marihuana is actually a very correct way of spelling the word, and if I'm correct, the original way.


Did anyone actually read the post that bumped this ancient thread (mine) by chance? Maybe it's done differently in different areas, but the police officers I've spoken with chop, dry, weigh. Police aren't always your friend, but ya'll make it sound like they are your enemies. The law is your enemy, and the police are doing their job. You know, the one they are paid to do and the one that they will more than likely be terminated of if not done correctly. Grow up.

 

[JJScorpio]

You're correct Cerb.

They can weigh the entire plant, including the stalk and fan leaves, but the final weight is determined by dry weight. Any Lawyer worth anything is going to ask to weigh the pot if you were to go to trial...

 

[RaptorJesus]

I know the thread is getting a bit of age on it, but I talked to my LEO friend today and asked him how it was done. He has always been required by the state to cut the flowers from the plant, dry them, and weigh them. So, at least around here, it is done proper. That is, if you can call it that.

this is exactly how i've heard it's done in my state (NY). glad some LEO actually do it the right way

 

[whodair]

don't the cops usually steal half of your weight, and most of your cash?

 

[Miss Blunted]

I'm sure they just make up some ridiculously, outrageous weight and times it by five so they look cool when they bust people. I would say they weigh the whole plant, but I wouldn't ever trust a cop to do anything by the rules, they're more corrupt than the people out there committing real crime.

 

[79towncar]

Usually cops weigh anything with roots.. Most off the time they weigh dirt and the growing containers as well. They may or may not shake the loose soil off and thats basically what you will get hit with. This is why 10 plants can turn into a serious felony. Best bet is to include your clones rooted or not in your calculations. Stay under your state limit and hope for the best. Alot of times I see state laws that say anything over 100 pounds is x amount of years that are equal to 50 or so plants.... So take that in for a minute 100 pounds and 50 plants.... Nowhere near each other and thats what some states classify cultivation into. You really have to check your local laws for this one.. Goodluck

 

[79towncar]

The best thing to do in a bust like this is to find a good attorney who has handled specific cases like this before. I've always said a good lawyer is worth his weight in diamonds... HAHA

 

[Mrs.Babba]

well lets see..we had 6 outdoor plants and 7 indoors..somehow the cops came up with 72 lbs and I forget the $$ amount, something like $150,000 bucks!! If it wasnt so crazy it would be funny!! ...we would be millionaires 5 times if that was what we really got!!! and the best part, the pigs said how they had trimmed a plant and KNOW what you get off one! blah!

 

[79towncar]

Sry to hear that MRS. Bubble I hope all goes well if you have any questions about your defence please feel free to PM me. God Bless

 

[Mrs.Babba]

thanks 79...we are done with all the bullshit..all charges were dropped except for me, I plead guilty to a mj misdomeaner. We had a kickass lawyer we called our Warrior Princess!! and she was....the cops said our hash was illegal and thats what the charges stemmed from, even those we are med mj patients.

 

[Tony Aroma]

Marihuana is actually a very correct way of spelling the word, and if I'm correct, the original way.

I know this is off topic, but I thought I read somewhere that the non-Spanish speaking American media in the early 20th century didn't realize the "j" in Spanish has an "h" sound. They spelled it phonetically, and that spelling became commonplace for many years in the U.S. Of course I could have dreamed it all.

Aside from spelling, I find it odd that mj is really a slang term for cannabis, yet has become the official name the government uses. Kind of like if they officially referred to cocaine as "blow."

 

[79towncar]

Wow Mrs, Bubble glad everything went twards your favor. Too bad about that misdomeanor but o well. Also look into expungement.. Usually 1st time misdomeanor offences can be expunged further down the road. Talk to your attornet about it and see what can be done. It's worth looking into. Usually it's called a conditional discharge.. That would of had to happen in court tho. But talk to your Attorney and see what she says. If it does work out for you It's a real pain in the neck because there's alot of paperwork to fill out and your attorney will charge a nice fee but nothing like haveing a clean record again. Anyways goodluck in the future hope all goes well.

 

[whodair]

if the cops tried to weigh wet plants, roots...i'd say lets get a jury of 12 to decide if that stuff is "drugs". imagine having dirt and roots brought into court, and weighed for the jury.

when i had my run-in, they took a spent leaf ball that i had canna-buttered out the thc. i would love to see that pile of spinach in court! never got that far though...