OP, next time you see a baggie with white stuff in it, call the cops and have them pick it up. This may be an outrageous thought, but there could have been a chase in the area and junky threw it out the window/tossed it before being seen with it. There are a number of reasons why calling the cops would be a good idea. Also WTF, You have small children so this would have totally worried me about what's in my neighborhood.
I would also call the cops if I could even recognize what it was.
A few months ago MIL's luggage missed her flight. One day later the delivery guy shows up with her main large suitcase with some strange small suitcase attached to it. She told the Purolator guy that the smaller bag wasn't hers. He opened it up and it was full of cocaine. They called the cops and carted it off.
HOLY SHIT!
It was in a plastic bag so it wasn't cocaine flying everywhere. She figures it was at least 2 kilograms.
Post by sunshineray on Jul 7, 2014 13:25:00 GMT -5
I see this has already been said (multiple times) but no way in hell would I have touched it, ESPECIALLY if I knew what it was. That being said, I doubt I would've intentionally touched road trash anyway.
I actually found a syringe while walking my dog this morning and let my leasing office know immediately so they could dispose of it. I wasn't about to touch it and wanted to make sure no animal or child could get it/hurt themselves with it.
God knows what happened to the crystal meth. Yikes.
I didn't learn that in my Law & Order criminal law education.
But you would not advise manhandling illegal drugs (with or without sticks), correct? Because, you know, there's Joe over there all jangly and looking to score all "look at those assholes stealing my meth with their chopsticks."
can't stop laughing
LOL at jangly Joe! But yes, I'd definitely leave it for the cops to handle.
H just said you can get fingerprints but it is difficult and there are usually too many prints to get a good one.
Yeah, I guess this is a fuller description of why baggies don't get regularly dusted for prints. IME, they actually never are because in the grand scheme of most cases they aren't necessary to establish a good case.