*UK* My house was just raided...

[CheeseBlazer]

They found 2 ounces, 3 8ths, 2 immature plants,scales and texts on my phone. My 1st offence, any idea what will happen to me?

CheeseBlazer Reviewed by CheeseBlazer on 10-31-2008. *UK* My house was just raided... They found 2 ounces, 3 8ths, 2 immature plants,scales and texts on my phone. My 1st offence, any idea what will happen to me? Rating: 5

[DOUGAL25]

No idea.

Why did they raid you in the first place?

[flyingimam]

donno UK laws

but if u had them packed in baggies, precisely weighed for sale (Gr, 8th, etc) and had scales, they will probably charge u with something like distribution or intent to deliver, something along those lines... at least thats what would probably happen to u if u were in US

hope u get thru this without much of problem tho, sorry to hear another stoner busted

[Reefer Rogue]

You'll get possession with intent to distribute, you'll probably get jail time, but English jails are kinda kushy, tv's radios, pool tables, in some, no need to join a racist gang. That sucks man, dunno what else to say, hope you get off lightly but they hate drug dealers.

[stoned88911]

Man weed isnt a DRUG. Thats so f@$%ed up

[Greenthing]

Possession with intent to supply, they have to prove that you intended to supply and having scales is that proof.

[flyingimam]

Possession with intent to supply, they have to prove that you intended to supply and having scales is that proof.

not necessarily, it also depends on amount of weed and other material like baggies.

here in the states I know of a former friend who was a dealer, got caught with like 10 grs of his remaining oz for sale, along with only 1 scale and no baggies

his defense proved to work against the delivery/distribute/supply charge:

"I need the scale to prevent dealers from ripping me off as a mere smoker, its a false assumption that I used it to sell marijuana" but he was lucky it was the last of his stash and he didnt have any baggies on him, so he only got charged with a possession, plus he had a tough lawyer who didnt even let him serve the time he would have served had he chosen any other lawyers

however, in this case we are talking about weed in excess of 2 oz which totally exceeds personal consumption amounts by any means in the eyes of law

[Greenthing]

not necessarily, it also depends on amount of weed and other material like baggies.

here in the states I know of a former friend who was a dealer, got caught with like 10 grs of his remaining oz for sale, along with only 1 scale and no baggies

his defense proved to work against the delivery/distribute/supply charge:

"I need the scale to prevent dealers from ripping me off as a mere smoker, its a false assumption that I used it to sell marijuana" but he was lucky it was the last of his stash and he didnt have any baggies on him, so he only got charged with a possession, plus he had a tough lawyer who didnt even let him serve the time he would have served had he chosen any other lawyers

however, in this case we are talking about weed in excess of 2 oz which totally exceeds personal consumption amounts by any means in the eyes of law

Hi flyingimam, It can depend on where you live in England the more rural the area the harsher the police will deal with you.
Just having scales can be enough to convict you.
There are many excuses for possessing scales but the courts have heard them all, if they want to make an example of someone to deter the use of drugs they will, no doubt about it.
Two Oz is quite a lot to plead personal use, but some do get a lenient sentence the case can go either way.

[imagoober]

That really sucks, get the best laywer you can afford. GOOD LUCK!

[flyingimam]

Hi flyingimam, It can depend on where you live in England the more rural the area the harsher the police will deal with you.
Just having scales can be enough to convict you.
There are many excuses for possessing scales but the courts have heard them all, if they want to make an example of someone to deter the use of drugs they will, no doubt about it.
Two Oz is quite a lot to plead personal use, but some do get a lenient sentence the case can go either way.

i was just pointing it out, police will always put as much weight as they can when charging people everywhere in the world, im sure not familiar with UK, but I'm quite certain a good lawyer will not let his client to be made an example of for others, no matter the locality. Courts are courts and operate by certain rules and a good lawyer can always take advantage of those rules, however as i said im no expert on UK laws at all and as u mentioned this is not by any means an amount thats considered personal

it mostly comes down to defense team/lawyer, that was my main point along with a real life example

courts hear many repeated things, it just matters how the defense presents the argument, weak defense and it will not fly, strong defense with a good backup and argument and it may do the job.
nowhere in the modern world police are the ones to convict citizens to the best of my knowledge, they can at best make a case and charge someone