Suspected 'Grow-op' nothing but tomatoes

[EasyBakeIndica]

This could slow down the RCMP from using power usage as the sole excuse for a search warrant, for awhile at least. Let's hope Mr. Aleksich lawyers up.

'Grow-op' nothing but tomatoes​

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=cf021bfd-4600-4ddf-8579-45d4d1e28f8a
Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2008

VANCOUVER - Red-faced police officers in Prince Rupert on B.C.'s north coast were looking for a marijuana grow-op came up with a tomato-grow-op instead.

Commercial fisherman Bruce Aleksich said Tuesday that about 15 RCMP officers burst into his business last Thursday, only to find 400 tomato plants in various stages of growth.

After a bleak spring, Aleksich said he decided to grow the tomatoes under lights.

When RCMP arrived at about 9 p.m., Aleksich told them he was a gardener with nothing but tasty tomatoes in the building.

Nevertheless, Aleksich, two employees and two visitors were forced to the ground.

"They had us on the floor for over an hour," he said. "All of us were cuffed. I don't know how it got to the point where guns were drawn."

Aleksich said he has heard nothing from the RCMP about their mistake.

"You'd think they would be embarrassed," he said. "I just wanted them to say it was a mistake. People now assume I was growing marijuana."

Aleksich said his two visitors, a friend from Victoria and his girlfriend, were looking at real estate.

"I don't think he's going to buy land here after that," said Aleksich.

An RCMP spokesman could not be reached.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

NICE!!!!!! i wondered how that would play out...LOL@over 400 tomatoes... nice!

 

[zeeba amoeba]

What would have made it better is if he assumed he was under attack, and opened fire... then it would make world headlines... a shootout over tomatoes. Poetic justice?

 

[iluvtogrograss]

Stupid cops!!!! Be it here in the states or in Canada the cops are nothing but ignorant cowboys!! My neighbor two doors down is a narcotics detective, he and I talk about weed all the time. He has no clue what I have going on as we are not that friendly. But they are clueless when it comes to techniques and different types of operations. I love to listen to him tell his stories. They think that they have a clue but he doesn't I just listen and say things like WOW!! NO Way!! He is one of the reasons I am moving to the country. I can not stand living near people like him.

If I was this guy that got busted in on my first call would have been to a lawyer and then the newspaper!!!!!

 

[GreenLeaf-420]

AHHHHHH That is to good!!!!!

He had all the equip but was using it for Tomatoes.....

Very lucky but not that smart..... LOL

It is Cheaper to buy them... LOL

They are crawling under a rock after that one he better get lawyered up....

Good Post GL

 

[Verite]

RCMP will claim they got a tip saying this is where all the samonella was coming from.

 

[SpacedCWBY]

That's great. Makes me want to setup tomato grow houses just to fuck with them and show the public what a waste of resources it is. The papers would eat it right up.

 

[accessndx]

Dude....I think it was completely appropriate action on behalf of the Canadian police/mounties....
Haven't you ever seen "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"?
This guy could have been some crackpot mad scientist hellbent on destroying humanity with those freaking veggies!

 

[jamaican fro]

hahaha, wish some of those pigs got shot, bursting in on a tomatoe grow-op . makes me really f*cking angry.

 

[Classyathome]

My back and arms would be VERY sore now, and my doctor would have me on bedrest. And I'd have PTSD - post traumatic stress disorder.

Our RCMP aren't the funny, red coated, jovial Disney characters anymore. They want to be SAS, or FBI/CIA. They dance to a foreign master now - the U.S., and have little respect for Canadians personal rights now.

Hell, they tasered a guy to death because he was causing a slight scene in Vancouver airport (he didn't speak english, and had been held incommunicato for hours). Then they lied about what happened, in writing, until video footage was leaked showing them rush in and just pound on the poor bastard. Then they lied about that - and promptly censored all their reports to cover their asses.

Leo suck dick - and RCMP are leo. Leo does whatever he wants, lies about it - then threatens when discovered.

 

[inflorescence]

The really sad thing about this case is for every one wrong tomato bust LEO makes they bust many times more real grows so the lawmakers logic is not that the one tomatos guys rights were violated but he was just a 'casuality of the war on drugs" so what's the harm if they infringe on a guys civil rights every now and then because MOST of the time they get it right.

This logic is completely backward to the way the US (anyway) was set up yet somehow our laws have literally reversed upon themselves.

If he lawyers up what are his damages. That's the problem, the courts view him as just a casuality of war also with no real damage done so what's the problem?

The whole thing is just so fucked up.

 

[superuber]

My question is can that guy sue and if he does you all think he would win? Makes me wonder how pigs do as they please and walk away with no legal repercussions. Now if someone were to have a big grow of tomatoes and had a friend call in to say it was pot and they bust and find nothing can you sue? Im just very curious as to what rights we have left.

 

[The Conundrum]

I guess you haven't seen tomato prices being on Rikers Island and all ... Since when is it "not that smart" to grow your own veggies? 400 tomato plants could give you a rather nice harvest under the sun or HID lighting. And how is doing Nothing illegal "lucky"? Acting like you know something is far better than actually researching it before you open your mouth. What a laugh ... thanks. Ignorance is bliss ... Careful we might learn something ... The RCMP sure did. I wonder how much that busted bust cost them. I'm betting it was a few cents over the price of a package of Salmonella Free tomatos.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

I guess you haven't seen tomato prices being on Rikers Island and all ... Since when is it "not that smart" to grow your own veggies? 400 tomato plants could give you a rather nice harvest under the sun or HID lighting. And how is doing Nothing illegal "lucky"? Acting like you know something is far better than actually researching it before you open your mouth. What a laugh ... thanks. Ignorance is bliss ... Careful we might learn something ... The RCMP sure did. I wonder how much that busted bust cost them. I'm betting it was a few cents over the price of a package of Salmonella Free tomatos.

i bet its going to cost them bundle....

 

[The Conundrum]

I hope so ... I'm about to throw my weed out in the street ... set up 20,000 watts in Canada ... break out the Best Boys and Beefhearts ... then Wait for the RCMP. I'll even hang phony weed leaves from the plants.

 

[Fuzz420]

400 tomato plants has an estimated street value of $632,422.56. I wonder why the authorities didnt seize anything

 

[Barf]

400 tomato plants has an estimated street value of $632,422.56. I wonder why the authorities didnt seize anything

1581 Dollars a plant? lol I Don't think so.

 

[Fuzz420]

1581 Dollars a plant? lol I Don't think so.

I was being sarcastic

 

[clorox]

Bravo!! Bravo!! haha, what an excellent show

i think a few thousand people should start legit indoor grows all over canada with a strict 18/6 then 12/12 light schedule, throw a wrench at those immoral pig bastids!