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Marijuana growing on porch seized

Posted by crimeblog

Posted: May 13, 2008 - 12:38 pm

An Alaska State Trooper serving a restraining order in Ketchikan Monday afternoon arrived at the subject's home and found two marijuana plants growing on the front porch.

The trooper seized the plants after contacting the owner of the home off Waterfall Road, troopers said. The case remains under investigation and no arrests have yet been made.


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  1     May 24, 2008 - 7:11pm | Alaska_Dive_Master

Serving Restraining order? why not investigaiton?

Great job to the Trooper who had the training and experience to see this for what it was and taking action.

Why did this happen this way though? Why didn't a Trooper on regular patrol find this? why didn't a drug investigator find this? Because there aren't enough of them.

No one cares how few Troopers and cops there are until they need one and then it is to late. Call the Troopers and ask how many Troopers are working tonight.... you will find out that if something happened to you or your family you might have a long wait.

Alaska is not safe, yes we can protect ourselves and should be ready to do so, but we should also have adequate police force to deter and solve crime. Call the governor and ask her what she is doing to keep her promise of Public Safety is a priority.

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  June 8, 2008 - 3:13pm | just_tired

I can tell you mind your own business!

What does 2 plants have to do with public safety? Serving a restaining order was a good thing but the plants have nothing to do with that. I am glad he got what was coming to him but the plants probably help him with his anger problem. Now on to the plants-That is like saying my ferns where harrassing your family! If you minded your own business about the plants then there won't be a problem! Get an education, They were obviously over the age of 21 so what does that have to do with you-Nothing, with 2 plants- Get a life, then get an education! it is people like you that make those people a criminal-They(the Plants) did nothing wrong, if anything they were helping your family by not funding the black market or do you deny that that exsist to!

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  May 30, 2008 - 2:19pm | Hire_Intelligence

So What

Pot is still legal. That is why there is no arrest. No police department can protect you all the time. If you need more police, join them, or move to a place where you will feel better about your safety.

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