slinkydevil Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 http://www.iomonline.co.im/ViewArticle2.as...rticleID=854355 Well done! I must say I am well impressed with this crack down on those nasty ganglords taking over our streets: Cocaine worth £144 - about 2.5 grams Cannabis worth £8.46 - a few spliffs Definatley worth a 'two' day operation, man power, dog teams, scaring old biddies with their riot gear. Oh the joys of taxpayers money. Next time please use your CS gas, its paid for. --------------------------------------------------------------- I drove past this whilst in full swing and thought they were taking some pretty heavy action so it must be really serious. That sort of amount of drugs would probably be found in most establishments if everyone was searched. Its hardly a groundbreaking bust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_magic Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Ongoing intelligence led officers to the pub... 'Ongoing intelligence' isn't going to be popular fella. How can they be so sure it was 'cocaine'? Do they have equipment that can tell the difference between drugs and sugar these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 To be honest if I was in a pub & the cops suddenly came in and demanded I be searched I wouldn't have a problem with it. Nothing to worry about unless you have something illegal about your person. Besides, I don't think the point is so much that they haul in a huge shipping order of chemicals, but more possibly giving a message out that they're going to do stuff like this so if you're involved with this kind of thing you might end up getting a visit from lots of rozzers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ean Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 35 police officers in full riot gear? That doesn't bother you for the fact that they stopped £144 worth of cocaine being dealt (the cannabis is obviously personal use only). 35 police officers, the pub re-opened at about 8ish, 35x3=105 man hours on that haul? Kids have found bags of coke stuffed in walls that are worth more than that! They were blatantly expecting more, me thinks that somebody has been tipped off...OR police intelligence isn't that good (heh!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity 23 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Oh the joys of Manx Intelligence.... Bust a pub for £150 worth... The best of it was, we were in there that night and apart from the comedy entrance they made, they did not detain and search everyone in the pub, they only held the people in the pool room... we were told to finish our drinks and get out... Good job they warned me, I had a huge bag of skunk in there with me (not really but I could easily have had worse and they would never have known).... The whole thing was a joke, as I stated in an earlier comment, the guys that ran in to bust the place were like specials from a Monty Python sketch... quite hilarious... As for the amount of coppers, vans, dogs and people involved a fookin ridiculous waste of money, if ever I saw one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 They were blatantly expecting more, me thinks that somebody has been tipped off...OR police intelligence isn't that good (heh!) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Am inclined to agree with either/both of those possibilities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the mo beats experience Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 the best bits the riot squad thing, i mean, is that how the persian rug squad dress these days, not very incognito is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian rush Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 If they'd resold the drugs they could have all stayed for 2 pints each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I agree. The police should get in contact with criminals before they make their raids, to ensure it's all going to be worthwhile. They could have some form of 'pre raid checklist' perhaps, to ask if the criminals have any weapons on them and stuff, so the police can save valuable taxpayers money and leave the protection at home when it's not required. It's how the UN should have dealt with Saddam too. Just given him a bell and asked if he had any WMD, they'd have saved a flippin fortune. (tossers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Officers from the drug and alcoholsquads joined forces with uniformed officers to stage the raid, called Operation Bastille What do the alcohol squad actually do? - all we need now is the Cigarette squad and we'll have the Manx Police Marvel Super Heros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silky Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 [url=http://www.iomonline.co.im/ViewArticle2.aspx?Definatley worth a 'two' day operation, man power, dog teams, scaring old biddies with their riot gear. Oh the joys of taxpayers money. Next time please use your CS gas, its paid for. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lol, Bless their little cotton socks!! I can picture it now, just before the so called "raid" the officers involved all sat round for the final briefing in the cop shop saying to the officer in charge .... " Please Sir, Can we play at being REAL police officers today. please... please... please"!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 What do the alcohol squad actually do? - all we need now is the Cigarette squad and we'll have the Manx Police Marvel Super Heros. Cigarette Squad already in force in America - ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms) I don't mind the odd bust to show a bit of strength, I've got nothing to hide. But I would say the majority of dealers won't deal in pubs and if they do the wouldn't have the gear on the premises. Intelligence - sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Well they have to be seen to be doing something... I mean Micccc has to be able to put something in his upbeat reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posters Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 It seems to me that they were dammed if they did and dammed if they didn't! Is it the amount or the principle that is important? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeBobSquarePants Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 You may well mock the local police force over this incident, laugh at the small amount of drugs discovered during the raid and accuse them of going overboard with the manpower employed for the task, but surely any raid and any amount of arrests is better than none at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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