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Originally Posted by .:bHd:.
Umm isn't that illegal for them to do though? It's called entrapment.
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It's not entrapment at all. Entrapment occurs when the gov't entices you to do something illegal that you wouldn't have done but for the enticement.
Here, the cops confiscated the weed and enticed the pothead to make a phone call. This is not entrapment because making the phone call (and subsequent meeting) was not illegal and is not an element of the crime he will be charged with. Sure, it helped the cops catch him, but he's facing a criminal charge because he voluntarily grew the pot, not because of the phone call.
I'm all for this kind of creative police work. On the other hand, I also watched a show where cops parked an Audi in bad neighborhoods with the keys in it (rigged up with cameras, remote kill switch, etc.) and was a little less enthused about the appropriateness of that type of police work.