Tasmania Police To Conduct Raids
26/5/04
In what is being described as a bold move by Tasmanian Police, all houses located within the state will be raided at dawn tomorrow in the latest effort to crack down on illegal drugs. The raids will involve full searches of every Tasmanian's home, and it is expected that as many as 25% of the state's population will face some form of charge.
Police Chief Mike Rotch said today that "these raid are an essential part of removing drugs from our streets". When questioned about Tasmanians rights to privacy, he went on to say "well, fuck them. This is a war, and the way they seem to be fought today it doesn't matter if you're innocent or not. Deep down everyone's guilty and therefore they deserve to be caught."
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