i think i found a drug stash....

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TMM

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ok, so first let me say this: my state, and my county, has been said to have the highest or one of the highest rates of drug use in the country.

situation:
i was walking with my friend through the town forests (there's trails there) and, when we were just screweing around and were behind a little ledge of rock, maybe 1.5 square feet of space under it. there were 2 flat rocks lodged up. my friend removed one, and found a grey (note: it wasn't see-through...) tupperware container. i remember some markings on it in Sharpie marker. we would have checked it out further, but this woman was coming up the path. she seemed suspicious of us, partly probably because my friend was whispering too loudly at me for not just hiding behind the rock (didn't want to interact with people or somthing...). we took a long loop back to where the stash was, and passed the woman who apparently left (same way she came, too...) when she was about 40 yards away, i looked behind me, and i saw her looking/watching over her shoulder at us. when we returned to the stash area, there was a family having a picnic, so we just passed again. about 50 yards from there, we took a rest. then we heard a man saying "Oh wow, WOW! oh, Wow! Wow..." we took a short break, then passed back through the stash area. then one woman (from the family/group) passed us, walking quite fast.

what we suspect:
woman#1 found stash, told other people
other people looked at it, then started saying wow
we passed back through
woman tried to call cops, coulnd't get service or somthing, so passed us to walk to her car where there was cellphone service.

now, we're both ofcourse innocent, but we were the only kids who was not with any of the groups, which might seem suspicious. we were both dressed nice (clothes that actually fit, pants that are actually on the waistline... heh) i have long hair in a ponytail.(good thing i opted not to wear my black trenchcoat. heh.)

i'll check the police log in our local paper this thursday. if nothing is there, i'll probably be hanging with my friend again next weekend. what should i/we do?

~TMM
 
Stake out the stash, when the kids come to pick it up take pics, send pics to police.
 
Why didn't you call the police yourself? If not then, then when you got to a phone? I doubt they will suspect you if you are the one reporting it.
 
i know it'll be in the Pilot, i said that in my first post.

problem with sitting there, is that it takes a long time...

~TMM
 
Did you actually open the tupperware and SEE any drugs? Can't tell you how many tupperware containers I've found while geocaching...

A lot of people GEOCACHE and that sounds exactly like what you found.

More on geocaching: http://www.geocaching.com/
 
Stay away from the drug stash, stay out of the area. Drug stashes and violence are like cute girls and smiles, they go together. If you're worried about your identity make a call the police from a payphone.

The smart thing, stay the hell away from the stash and that area.
The right thing, report it to the police.
The dumb thing, going back to the area for any reason.

From the department of redundancy department, stay out of the area, it'll help you avoid problems with the police and the stash's owner. We've all read about people getting nabbed or stabbed for being in the "wrong place at the wrong time", avoid the place, no need to worry about the time.
 
Just keep quiet about it.

They're just making money off the government's stupidity, good for them I say.
 
dolanp said:
Should have checked it out, it might have been a stash of cash. :)


Bad things can happen:

1 - If it's dope, and you handle the container, and ditch it, it could be found, and it'd have your prints on it. If it's a large amount of dope, they may decide to dust it for prints (LEOs on the board, what's your dept. policy on this? )

2 - If it's dope, and you don't ditch it on the spot, and you get caught with it on you, you're screwed.

3 - The scum that own said stash might show up at any time. For all you know, the dirtbag who owned it could be taking a leak on a rock. If homeboy comes back and sees you taking his stuff, you'll probably have a fight on your hands, if not worse.

4 - If it's cash, and they show up looking for it later, they're gonna be pissed off. Unlike cops, they don't have to prove a damned thing, someone innocent could get hurt, say a hiker in the area, or whatnot.

Best thing to do IMHO in any case, leave it where it is, report it to the cops, and stay the hell away.
 
heh... a geocache. never thought of that. but, with all the other somewhat odd happenings, i doubt that's it.

as to everything else:
if i open it and it's drugs, i'd report it and say that i held it so don't arrest me (fingerprints)...
if the druggie finds us looking at it, if it's one guy, i can probably handle him (size 10 sh-tkickers on my feet and 3.4" of steel in my pocket, and i might be carrying a stick)[note i don't want to do any of that because it would escalate the situation and all... but i'm prepared.) but the big problem is if there's more than one. my friend probably couldn't handle much more than a 10 year old...

if i had a GPS thingie i'd see if it was a geocache...hmm

~TMM
 
I don't think you'd have a problem with a fight, most of the town druggies are rich, preppy, yuppy, liberal, (one I know for a fact is a commie) high school kids.
 
Kinda depends on what it was in my opinion:

1) A pound of weed might easily belong to a teenager

2) A pound of meth definitely belongs to a bad actor

Have either of you been printed before? Gun permits? Work in a county institution? Anything like that? If so, go to the cops now...if not, keep quiet.

Any chance that lady might recognize you? Any possibility that your car/plates could be gotten because your car was at the trailhead? Think this thing through.

In addition, I'd be burying anything in my backyard that I shouldn't have right now...just for a little while.

Have any cops that are friends? Might be a good time to have them over for a beer...
 
mr_roadwarrior said:
Kinda depends on what it was in my opinion:

1) A pound of weed might easily belong to a teenager

Um, FWIH, that's not likely...maybe an ounce or 2, but a whole pound? Isn't that over $500 worth?

2) A pound of meth definitely belongs to a bad actor

Yea, and if the BG says "Say hello to my leetle freind" in a Spanish accent, RLF! Zigzagging! :neener:

Have either of you been printed before? Gun permits? Work in a county institution? Anything like that? If so, go to the cops now...if not, keep quiet.

Any chance that lady might recognize you? Any possibility that your car/plates could be gotten because your car was at the trailhead? Think this thing through.

In addition, I'd be burying anything in my backyard that I shouldn't have right now...just for a little while.

Have any cops that are friends? Might be a good time to have them over for a beer...

+1 on the above.
 
Sure would be bad to mess with someone's cache and find out the hard way it had been boobytrapped...:eek:

:evil:
 
Um, FWIH, that's not likely...maybe an ounce or 2, but a whole pound? Isn't that over $500 worth?

It could however be a group of friends, say 5-6


Or they could be growing there own
 
Whatever happens, if you run into toothless rednecks out there don't say anything about how you don't know anything about their 'still or stash.

And if you see some kid with fetal alcohol syndrome playing a mean banjo, run like hell. :evil:







Doo do dee do de do do. :eek:
 
i would say take it and do what you want with it or just leave it there its not like its hurting anybody sitting in the woods.
 
Um, FWIH, that's not likely...maybe an ounce or 2, but a whole pound? Isn't that over $500 worth?

500$ for a lb? depends where you are.... it can range from as low as 3-400$ a pound up to over 2 grand a pound... but dont discount teenage drug dealers... ive seen kids selling weed making over a grand a day... thats in profits... to get such a profit they had to move about 5 pounds of weed... which in an inner city/high drug area is small peanuts... and those were just the ones selling weed..... cocaine is a whole different ball game... Its understandable how kids get caught up in dealing... its very easy for them... they make ALOT of money and their habits are supported all at the same time...
 
STAY AWAY! If you go back, I'm afraid it wioll be like Woody Hayes used to say, there are only three possible outcomes, and two are bad.

(1). You go back and nothing happens. Period. You may or may not find the tupperware again, but so what.

(2) You go back and find the tupperware, only to find yourself looking down the barrel of a Glock .40 in the hands of your local narcotics officer, who has been staking the place out. You have now been cuaght in possession of meth/crack/crank/ etc. You can't give any details about how it got there, so they believe you're covering. NO deals. You get burned.

(3) You go back and find teh tupperware, only to find yourself looking down the barrel of a High Point 9mm in the hands of the dealer that put it there in the first place, who has come back to make sure it gets delivered to the right person. Try explaining what you're doing. Makes the cops seems not so bad.

Chalk this one up as a lesson learned, and don't go back looking for it. You might get more than you wanted in the first place.
 
It was probably a Geocache. If not leave it alone.

To assume that you can handle the druggies is fantasy. You have no idea who left what or who these supposed druggies might be.

If you have genuine concern, not just looking for adventure, call the cops.
 
firstly, my friend and i are 15, so we nither have cars or jobs, and i have not been printed.

i'll check on the geocache site in a second.

nfl1990, well said on the typical druggie. however, that commie would be tough... and i don't think he's CURRENTLY a druggie.

~TMM
 
90% chance it's a geocache. i found one that is VERY alike to where i found it...

i'm going to check it out next weekend.

i'm sure it's safe.

~TMM
 
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