This is how you do homegrown
Secret underground caverns, hydraulic doors and excape hatches disguised as rocks.
Johhny was indeed in the basement mixing up the medicine. More subterranean homesickness here: www.mulletpoetry.com/2006/03/09/underground-marijuana-growing-operation-uncovered/
Holy shit.
Thats a nice set up.
Wounder whats going to happen to the house.
And all that weed…..
How the hell could they get caught with a sweet setup like this!?
@...Cplus3:
Oh I dont know, but may be at a wild guess, by posting photos on the internet?
Reminds me of Pineapple Express.
Ahh, I believe the photos are from when they were busted.
“One of the agents here in Nashville worked on this for 5 years before the warrant was finally served in December.”
@Ukwarlock
Look before you leap.
You cant hide from the lawwww, main point is dont tell ANYONE!!
@...AppleSauce:
Someone in the UK posted a video on youtube of their growing operation, you see most growers arent that smart. Hence the comment.
Oh and too many cooks spoil the broth.
5 years? (checked the website) all they had to do was check the electricity bill and notice the overuse of energy. but then again not all American detective have brains. 🙁
Yeah, it was electricity that got them, but it still took 5 years (they were stealing a lot of it).
If they’d just had a generator they would never have been caught.
Makes me wonder how many operations are out there that are run by the kind of people who take care of the small details.
@...Gouki4u:
Srsly. That whole weed bunker in Pineapple Express looked like this, just bigger. XD
@...CathyLong: Where do you think hollywood ripped it off from? They don’t have any original ideas anymore.
This is america. a big house like that with a big eletric bill? just standard arrogant wastefulness. The constant traffic in and out of the house? That’s how 9/10 meth houses get busted here. the others get turned in by a pissy buyer that thinks he got burned on a deal.
but damn that is a sweet bunker. time to use the shovel for more than dog poop duty……
beautiful big bud,
U.S. drug policy and the very existence of an agency with as stupid a name and mission as the “drug enforcement agency” is one of the most epic failures of humans trying to “govern” themselves
the saddest part is that every other country (exceptions made for India and Netherlands)did not have the good sense to laugh at the stupid americans like they did during alcohol prohibition
The DEA also has been using thermal cameras to detect the infrared glow that emanates from the ground when someone has a setup like this. Cuz, ya know, we’ve caught all the terrorists and gang members and the government’s got the money to spare on busting people who grow plants.
Use the thermals and drop one of those nice bombs that penetrate down and explode underground
preferably use it when the owners of this drug setup are in the underground chamber, that way you wont have to waste time dragging them through all the red tape
How do you remove that much dirt from the site without someone noticing?
@...maxcw: Say you’re installing a pool?
Napalm the property IMO. Do something more useful with that land than contribute to a spreading disease.
@...SumoSnipe: I somehow doubt that guy is nickle and diming.
Every year law enforcement agencies all over the country spend thousands if not millions of dollars of tax-payers money on finding and shutting down marijuana growing operations. So how can a grower avoid having their plants destroyed and their freedom taken away? Read the list below for some helpful tips.
Indoor Security
Keep your garden a secret. This is the hardest rule for any grower to follow. You might think it’s no big deal to show your best friend your three 6 foot marijuana trees. But your friend might tell his friend who might tell his friend.. The majority of police “busts” are made because someone tipped off the cops. Make sure anybody that knows about the grow operation has just as much to lose as you do.
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Keep a low profile. It looks a little suspicious if your neighbors see you hauling ten 50 pound bags of potting soil into your home in January. Unload anything that might seem suspicious from your car under the cover of darkness. Remember to turn off the light in your car that comes on after you open the door.
If the cops do get called don’t let them in. Ask to see a search warrant. If they can’t show you one then there is nothing that says you have to open that door. No matter what they say don’t open the door. If you do all one of them has to say is “I smell marijuana” and they will search your entire house.
If you go on vacation don’t turn on the burglar alarm. If someone breaks into your home to steal the plants and the alarm goes off the cops will come and your going to jail. If they really need the plants that bad then let them take them. It’s better than going to jail.
Check for light leaks around all windows. It looks a little odd when 1000 watts of orange light is shining through the window of your grow room at 3 AM. A heavy curtain can be hung and duct taped to the wall around the edges. Check for light leaks periodically.
Always pay in cash whenever buying anything for your garden. Credit card purchases are logged at the store. These logs tell what you purchased and when it was purchased. Companies sell these logs to anybody that can afford it. The police buy these logs and look for any suspicious purchases like 1000W HPS ballasts and other uncommon items.
Do not have hot, smelly exhaust air from your grow room pouring outside directly. Police IR helicopters can see the heat pouring out like a fountain. The helicopters CAN NOT see through your walls and detect your grow lights. They can only see heat on the outside of a building. So if your growroom is insulated and the lights are not touching the walls you are fine.
Keep the door of the grow room locked. This will prevent anybody from accidentally discovering your garden.
OMG…. How many ways is this awesome… I just can’t count…
How did they get caught? With all the money they had they should have been able to hide all of the stuff…oh and they should make a map for this (CS:S)