Police seized 28 kg of methamphetamine, 8.5 kg of fentanyl, 2.5 kg of fentanyl/heroin mix, 1 kg MDMA, 10 kg of illicit cannabis and 58 kg of ephedrine along with 3 pistols and 5 carbine-style rifles. First of all, there's no such thing as illicit cannabis. Pot is legal now. The intent of legalization was to stop wasting our time with pot busts. Nevertheless, the rest of the drugs seized were very significant. The question we need to ask is why did it take over a year before charges were laid? As always, something fishy is gong on.
Apparently charges are laid as "late as possible" in the investigation to prevent excessive delays during court procedures. This is of course following the Jordan rulling.
ReplyDeleteWaiting over a year to press charges is an excessive delay.
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ReplyDeleteThe police dont care about the weed but they cant ignore it either. What they were charged with "marijuana wise" was possessing a massive amount (over the personal thershold) and I am sure they could not prove that they bought it from a government source. I suspect the marijuana charges will ultimately be dropped once it all shakes-out in court. The long delay for charges is quite normal under these circumstances.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of the point. One of the reasons pot was legalized was so that we wouldn't create court delays on more important cases like the Surrey Six. Another reason they are still wasting public resources going after unlicensed pot is because it interferes with their legal cop pot monopoly former police officers are involved with. The length of the delay in charges may be common but is not normal and is not acceptable.
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