Does anyone think it was a sting?

FOOOOTY · 17 Oct 2007, 03:14

Seems a bit strange that plainclothes cops arrested him, and Chick? in another location.

EscapeHere · 17 Oct 2007, 03:26

Yeah, two unmarked police cars just happened to be driving behind him, both full of plained clothes cops from OCI...

Sounds a bit dodgy to me.

FOOOOTY · 17 Oct 2007, 03:33

I think they were most likely tipped off by someone who saw Cousins out.. but OCI isnt that the gang squad? i would love to know what they questioned him about

Black JuJu · 17 Oct 2007, 03:35

They will have been keeping an eye on him since the Mainwaring death which is still under investigation and saw the opportunity to swoop I think.

Lots more to come to light I'd suspect.

Very big scalp for the cops, Ben Cousins is the national face of drug use.

H-BOMB · 17 Oct 2007, 03:47

It would appear to be...plain clothes...just happened to be in the right place at the right time with 2 cars....also happened to find Chick at the same time....maybe more to come...dont think Ben is worth that much effort if he is only using????????

EscapeHere · 17 Oct 2007, 03:47

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Originally Posted by FOOOOTY

I think they were most likely tipped off by someone who saw Cousins out.. but OCI isnt that the gang squad? i would love to know what they questioned him about

Put it this way. Something is very wrong with the police force in WA if they're allocating 10+ plain clothes policemen from OCI to go out and swoop on a "small fry" druggy and hit them with a possession charge. They held him all up for over 8 hours. Having that many cops spend that long all for a piss weak possession charge?? I would say if that's how they work they need to get new management and reallocate their resources.

Would seem they were looking for something bigger but didn't find it. Or alternatively, they wanted him to talk about something and were using the possession charge (and subsequent public outcry) as bait to make him fess up.

I would hope my police force are professional and have better things to do than simply nab Ben Cousins for any charge they could get "because it's Ben Cousins".

FOOOOTY · 17 Oct 2007, 03:51

Definately a lot more to come to light, was it a large quantity or small quantity of drugs found?

Was it an organised operation suggesting surveillance?

What other eagles players were out that night other then Chick and Cousins?

WCE planning a chrisis meeting this morning ill be betting they'll be putting the hard word on a lot of their players after this to find out what exactly has been going on since the end of the season.

skipper kelly · 17 Oct 2007, 03:51

Do they have radio transmission in WA?

Dyslexic Emo · 17 Oct 2007, 04:24

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Originally Posted by skipper kelly

Do they have radio transmission in WA?

yeah but it's owned by the eagles

- PC - · 17 Oct 2007, 06:45

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Originally Posted by EscapeHere

Put it this way. Something is very wrong with the police force in WA if they're allocating 10+ plain clothes policemen from OCI to go out and swoop on a "small fry" druggy and hit them with a possession charge.

Or you could put it this way.

There is something wrong with Ben for him to warrant all the attention

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They held him all up for over 8 hours. Having that many cops spend that long all for a piss weak possession charge?? I would say if that's how they work they need to get new management and reallocate their resources.

Or they were waiting for bail applications and the media to die down so they could allow Ben to escape froma back door? How do you know exactly what they were thinking?

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Would seem they were looking for something bigger but didn't find it. Or alternatively, they wanted him to talk about something and were using the possession charge (and subsequent public outcry) as bait to make him fess up.

Standard , just dont hear about Joe Balga spending 8 hours in lock up

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I would hope my police force are professional and have better things to do than simply nab Ben Cousins for any charge they could get "because it's Ben Cousins".

Umm what would you expect a professional police force to do? Nothing?

Do you truly believe if this was a ''lets get Ben'' sting ?

Someone once told me the first sign of drug abuse is paranoia

froars · 17 Oct 2007, 07:27

What happened to the girls that were in the car?
No mention of them except police "whisked" them away
Cops??

FOOOOTY · 17 Oct 2007, 07:46

Yea seriously as if 2 cars following each other absoloutely filled with detectives from the organised crime squad just "happened" to notice cousins driving eratically. And then magically Daniel Chick is arrested at another location. Searching cars and homes this has to be something bigger or at least the police beleive its something bigger.