my thoughts exactly, getting busted 3X's has something to do with someones big mouth, not saying 'who' has a big mouth but it can't be the plants fault.......I'm not trying to be rude, but if you've been popped three times, you need to do something differently... I don't know if you tell people about the grow or what but you need to tighten things up or there will be a fourth....
__________________Boz, I can say the same thing. All those people that left once it was dry? Keep them away. It's one thing I learned to do, and all that left? Was my girlfriend. She's been there for me the whole time. Helped pay my lawyer off while I was in jail. I'm facing 19 years, I still have to go back to court for sentencing next month. She's also, basically, my finance even though we're not formally engaged yet.
May I ask what led to the raids? In my case one of those "fair weather friends" Lady was talking about decided to get himself out of some trouble and wear a wire on me. 24 hours later I had my door busted down by 2 SWAT teams who proceeded to throw in some flashbang grenades and storm the place with riot shields and assault rifles. I was tipped off beforehand, and managed to get rid of MOST of my plants. In the rush I forgot about 7 clones that were sitting in another room tucked in the corner of the closet. There was still about 6 oz of dried bud around the place too. Various bongs and such as well as a handgun that was given to me by my grandfather (which I'm not allowed to possess as a felon.) Oh, and a bag of shrooms. All within 1000 ft of a school.
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Wow, that isn't very cool of your friend at all. That is why we read post after post of not letting anyone know about your grow. I hope anyone that is still thinking about telling someone about their grow will read your post SmokinErb. Luckily it sounds like you got a good "fiance" on your side. It would take me days to clear out everything and I still would have forgotten something.
It took me a while to get rid of everything. He informed them he knew where to get some about a week before wearing a wire. I noticed the police watching the place and got a tip off from a local cop who said I was no longer under the radar. Chop proceeded, and everything went into the bubble buckets. A 48-hour marathon later, 90% of everything was turned into hash, and then it was just transporting things to other locations. I DID forget about some stuff, which is why I'm currently facing a 19-year sentence. All of this is over "dealing in marijauna," possession of some shrooms (4.2 grams), maintaining common nusiance. All other charges have been dropped which included serious violent felon in possession of a firearm (gun given to me by my grandfather which never left my bedroom), cultivation of marijuana (7 small clones tucked unforgotten in a closet, local laws charge cultivation just like possession, by weight. Total weight was 3.8g which is a misdemeanor), reckless possession of paraphernalia, and a whole book of petty misdemeanors.