Police mistake guinea pig warmth for cannabis growth

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Last Updated: Jan 15, 2011

Police have been forced to apologise for raiding the home of a 10-year-old boy after they mistook the infrared footprint of a heater for his pet guinea pigs as a cannabis farm.

Six officers in three vehicles descended on the house of Jack Hardcastle in Bradford, England, after sensors on a police helicopter detected heat coming from the garage.

Instead of drugs, they found the hutch of Simon and Kenny, the family guinea pigs. Mrs Pam Hardcastle, who works in a primary school, had put the heater on because she was worried the animals would get cold.

http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/police-mistake-guinea-pig-warmth-for-cannabis-growth
 
the equipment is not very sensitive if it can't distinguish a grow lamp from a space heater. I'd heard of cops scanning neighborhoods with IR scopes, but I'd thought it was hyperbole.

Amazing they did not slaughter the guinea pigs during the raid.
 
They fly a fucking helicopter around with a heat sensor to try find people growing a bit of weed?

What a huge fucking waste of taxpayer's money.
 
Yeah ive seen them do it on a US show, they fly over homes with a camera and heat reader and note down all the houses with losses of heat.

They do it in the UK now lol.

What I cant get around is, they raided without even scoping out the property, one visit maybe would have seen a family with a 10 yr old boy, or asked to look in the garage. Hows the element of suprise now for you boys hey?
 
ROFLMAO!!! Next time i grow weed ill put a guinea pig cage on top of it to throw-off the coppers XD
Damn coppers got nothing better to do then flying around in a helicopter lookin for heat signatures? cmon thats just sad.
 
didn't think gathering info that way was legal.. hope they sue, kid must have pissed himself when he had guns in his face
 
Now, this technology is new to me, but I'm pretty sure that's Homer Simpson in the oven, rotating slowly. His body temperature has risen to over 400 degrees, he's literally stewing in his own juices.
 
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No Don't take your anger out on me Mr Simpson noooo!

Seriously thats messed up though, they dont even bother looking deeper into it.
 
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