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1000 in cash? It’s amazing that he only had $800 in cash on him, when the street value of his drugs must have been $800,000.
At least they got his $600 in cash.
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That’s a bold “side hustle”, Cotton.
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When my dad was a cop, each cop had a specialty or two beyond their usual duties. His were photography (crime scenes and accidents, unfortunately) and breathalyzer repair. Whenever I’d see staged photos of evidence like this I always wonder if there’s one cop they make sure to bring in to fan the money out a certain way and arrange the guns and bales of cocaine in striking patterns.
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i’m sure when he came up with the idea, “alex” thought he was a marketing genius. yikes.
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I’m pretty sure that must be sarcasm, but just in case, the price per ounce of cocaine is somewhere in the neighborhood of $120, so for all their expensive month-long surveillance the cops only nabbed about $7,000 worth of drugs.
But as you say, at least they were also able to confiscate that $400 in cash.
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Waitaminute… an entire oz of blow can be had for just US$120?!? It’s been a very looooong time, but that just don’t sound right.
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Yeah, can someone hook me up?
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Ah, my mistake. I was thinking grams, not ounces. Still probably a disappointingly small bust after a full month of surveillance though.
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I get the possession charge, but how is it trafficking if his business model does not include receiving money in exchange for the cocaine?
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[Cue police distributing cards at the Casino exit, offering to driver people to their dealers --especially-- if the quality’s gone off.]
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I assume his business model is that people getting the free samples use the contact details to buy more drugs later, and that the month’s surveillance found at least one case with enough evidence of that to try him for it.
“He gives the kids free samples
because he knows full well
that today’s young, innocent faces
will be tomorrow’s clientele”
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If it was clean and untainted by fentanyl, he’d be doing a public service.
I think your math is off a bit. That’s stashes value is probably around $4,200.
Never ever in my life long career as a drug addict was I given free samples. My friends and I regarded the free-sample dealer as something like the Unicorn.
/Sober now, don’t taze me, bro. I love that guy’s songs though.
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Surely it would take a talented team to dress the crime scene properly?
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