the old stop your car /throw your weed out/get arrested trick

[Algorem]

Police ruse used to nab contraband from Dave Matthews Band concertgoers

POSTED: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:03:27 PM
UPDATED: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:04:28 PM

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) -- Thousands of Dave Matthews Band fans jammed the roads leading into the Blossom Music Center in northeast Ohio last night, partly because of a the Summit County DUI Task Force’s intense roving patrols.

A sign told drivers about a sobriety checkpoint up ahead that would stop all vehicles. But the sign was a ruse to get fans to slow down and pitch their contraband.


A reserve Cuyahoga Falls police officer was on hand near the sign to monitor what was thrown from vehicles and to notify task force officers.


The effort led to 25 traffic stops, 28 arrests and 17 citations handed out prior to the concert for offenses ranging from failing to wear a seat belt to drunken driving to more serious drug possession.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=36520

[Tripper11]

1. Cheap tricks and total BULL SHIT!!!

Shooting fish in a barrel...where's Osama!

[Maddy McCall]

2. Maybe I should put one of those signs up on the highway by my house.

Stand close by and reap the jetsam. :D

[fob]

4. YEAH! With a handy garbage can that says, Checkpoint Ahead

toss your weed in here--->

[WeRQ4U]

3. Nice.

Police reinventing the wheel. Sneaky buggers. So funny.

[MrSlayer]

5. I'm all for the police in most things but this is bullshit.

Entrapment and dirty tricks to avoid doing your job fairly and honestly is dishonorable and bullshit. As loathsome as they may be even Dave Matthews fans don't deserve this.