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 Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. 
#9940938 - 03/09/09 06:43 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902016.htmlQuote:
The Associated Press
Monday, March 9, 2009; 5:19 PM
HAMPTON, Va. -- Some Phish fans are leaving Hampton a little lighter than when they arrived for the band's weekend reunion.
Police said Monday they confiscated about $1.2 million in illegal drugs and more than $68,000 in cash from concertgoers. Authorities also arrested 194 Phish fans during the three-night celebration of the band's return to the stage after a nearly five-year absence.
Most of the arrests were for drug possession, use and distribution, police said.
Tourism officials had estimated 75,000 fans would be coming to the coastal Virginia city. Nearly 200 law enforcement officers worked the weekend event, with the Vermont-based band picking up the tab.
Goddamn!
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9940955 - 03/09/09 06:44 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Daaaaamn they had to pay for the cops, that sucks for them.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: meams]
#9940961 - 03/09/09 06:45 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh they still banked. There's no doubt about that. I just wonder what exactly got confiscated. I'd just like to know.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9940965 - 03/09/09 06:45 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
blissedout said:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902016.htmlQuote:
The Associated Press
Monday, March 9, 2009; 5:19 PM
HAMPTON, Va. -- Some Phish fans are leaving Hampton a little lighter than when they arrived for the band's weekend reunion.
Police said Monday they confiscated about $1.2 million in illegal drugs and more than $68,000 in cash from concertgoers. Authorities also arrested 194 Phish fans during the three-night celebration of the band's return to the stage after a nearly five-year absence.
Most of the arrests were for drug possession, use and distribution, police said.
Tourism officials had estimated 75,000 fans would be coming to the coastal Virginia city. Nearly 200 law enforcement officers worked the weekend event, with the Vermont-based band picking up the tab.
Goddamn!
War on Phish fans
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: seek]
#9940969 - 03/09/09 06:46 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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That's Virginia for ya.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9941198 - 03/09/09 07:27 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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cause there's no bigger danger to society than your average phish fan.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: Pigasus]
#9941213 - 03/09/09 07:31 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Gay Pigs.
I'm assuming they're gonna go pull over snoop dogg after this one?
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: Alec_Baldwin]
#9941222 - 03/09/09 07:33 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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willie nelson, and the grateful dead as well.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9941298 - 03/09/09 07:48 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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194 out of 75,000 seems pretty good to me.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
#9941323 - 03/09/09 07:53 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cops were on a mission, damn.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: magikgrl]
#9941333 - 03/09/09 07:55 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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If that's the case then I'd say they failed horribly.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
#9941383 - 03/09/09 08:08 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
ChiefThunderbong said:
194 out of 75,000 seems pretty good to me.
Yeah, but the amount of drugs seems pretty high, so those they didn't arrest they still took their drugs, which is a big bummer, and those they did arrest seem like they were selling and being monitored to yield that much cash and drugs. Fuckin' pigs and their war on freedom.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: jazzillion]
#9941397 - 03/09/09 08:11 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good point, I was just assuming the exaggerated but perhaps you're right.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
#9941478 - 03/09/09 08:31 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Damn.
I wonder what the value of drugs actually consumed during the weekend is.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: wildchild68]
#9941519 - 03/09/09 08:37 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
wildchild68 said:
Damn.
I wonder what the value of drugs actually consumed during the weekend is.
103.7 Million
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: meams]
#9941541 - 03/09/09 08:42 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
meams said:
Daaaaamn they had to pay for the cops, that sucks for them.
the way I view it, they paid to have their fans arrested
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: jazzillion]
#9941567 - 03/09/09 08:46 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
jazzillion said:
seem like they were selling and being monitored to yield that much cash and drugs.
that's about $350 per person arrested, far from a lot of cash and
we already know how they inflate drug prices, I'm sure the actual
figure would have been around $150k if they used real pricing
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9941621 - 03/09/09 08:59 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm not surprised the Hampton cops did so well. They're used to dealing with big crowds in the ghettos - so dealing with a big crowd of hippies was probably a cakewalk compared to the hordes of ghetto trash they're used to dealing with.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: meams]
#9941632 - 03/09/09 09:02 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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To be busted in the Commonwealth State.... no thank you been their done that!!! I feel bad for alot of phishheads right now...e
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: electrics]
#9941643 - 03/09/09 09:03 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Dangerous fucking people.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: CokedUpHobit64]
#9941733 - 03/09/09 09:18 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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a level 68 wizard with a +4 fairy wand isnt anything to be fucking with
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9942154 - 03/09/09 10:46 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Prisoner#1 said:
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jazzillion said:
seem like they were selling and being monitored to yield that much cash and drugs.
that's about $350 per person arrested, far from a lot of cash and
we already know how they inflate drug prices, I'm sure the actual
figure would have been around $150k if they used real pricing
You need some math help buddy, 1.2 mil for 194 people is like 5200 per... not 350
even if it was 150k... thats still about 750 per... whats that a sheet and a half of acid? qp-hp of shrooms? 2 zips of high quality, a p of schwagg? its still a decent amount per person arrested.
I'm not advocating the arrests of drug users/distributors, but from what I've seen from festivals I've been to, you gotta be pretty blatent to get arrested.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9942226 - 03/09/09 10:55 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Prisoner#1 said:
Quote:
meams said:
Daaaaamn they had to pay for the cops, that sucks for them.
the way I view it, they paid to have their fans arrested
This happens again and again at phish shows.Never thought much about em,even less now.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: 1stusinspace]
#9942266 - 03/09/09 11:01 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Damn that shit is whack!
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: suburbanned]
#9942329 - 03/09/09 11:10 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
suburbantoker said:
Quote:
Prisoner#1 said:
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jazzillion said:
seem like they were selling and being monitored to yield that much cash and drugs.
that's about $350 per person arrested, far from a lot of cash and
we already know how they inflate drug prices, I'm sure the actual
figure would have been around $150k if they used real pricing
You need some math help buddy, 1.2 mil for 194 people is like 5200 per... not 350
68k in cash siezed... you might wanna redo the math now
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I'm not advocating the arrests of drug users/distributors, but from what I've seen from festivals I've been to, you gotta be pretty blatent to get arrested.
in this instance whay were 200 police officers brought in as
security as opposed to a private security company, there's
plenty of them out there that provide security of various venues
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9942457 - 03/09/09 11:29 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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my bad i thought you were talking about total drugs siezed. either way I don't think $$$/person is a good measure seeing as some probably had 10k worth of drugs and no money yet, sot hat wasn't counted in the cash figures.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: suburbanned]
#9942468 - 03/09/09 11:31 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I feel bad for anyone who got arrested before the show.
You just spent anywhere from 50-1000 on your ticket, and then you go to jail.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9942482 - 03/09/09 11:33 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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A bunch of my friends went to that. Hope they are okay, haven't talked to any of them yet.
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I'm not surprised the Hampton cops did so well. They're used to dealing with big crowds in the ghettos - so dealing with a big crowd of hippies was probably a cakewalk compared to the hordes of ghetto trash they're used to dealing with.
seriously. I wonder how many people were shot in Hampton that night while half the police force was working the Phish show.
I know the police chief of Hampton, I used to run around town with his son in the days when he was just a regular cop.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: CokedUpHobit64]
#9947280 - 03/10/09 07:49 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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IT was no different from any other shows. Just bring your own
and be careful. It's a simple as that. Decent shows too.
Edited by PheelinAlright (03/10/09 07:52 PM)
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: PheelinAlright]
#9964333 - 03/13/09 01:43 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9964382 - 03/13/09 01:53 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well...that was depressing. 200 pigs seems like a lot for one show. I plan on doing 10,000 lakes music festival this summer...and I planned on bringing my own 'party favors'. Where do you guys hide your stuff? I know they do "vehicle searches" upon entrance to festivals. How well do I need to hide this stuff?
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: grewya]
#9964405 - 03/13/09 01:59 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Some of those people look really familiar to me.:(
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9964430 - 03/13/09 02:05 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I love when they bust out a smile for their mugshots. #19
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9964436 - 03/13/09 02:07 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Some of them look familiar to me too.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: supernovasky]
#9964541 - 03/13/09 02:27 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Probably just faces from other shows/lots and such, but it still makes me sad to see so many familiar faces in trouble.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9964575 - 03/13/09 02:30 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Then again, the whole dreaded out fucked up mugshot look describes a lot of the people I know on the festival circuit.
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: supernovasky]
#9964594 - 03/13/09 02:33 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Police seize more than $1million in drugs during the Hampton Phish run. [Re: blissedout]
#9964742 - 03/13/09 03:04 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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the local fuzz are used to phish shows like this at the hampton after this many years. also, i have little doubt their estimates are inflated to sound good for media.
i feel for everyone who went down. good luck in the fight.
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