Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1998 11:32:40 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: $$$ Seizure law, was: Open container (very weak VW content)
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> By the way, this seizure law was one of the reasons I removed the entire
> interior from our 1976 loaf, and hosed it out top to bottom with
> a pressure washer. I had no idea if the van had been used for moving drugs



When stripping down well-worn VW campers for parts, I have several times
recovered bowls, small bags of weed, or seeds that had long ago fallen
behind cabinets, etc.  Unfortunately, nothing good  :-)

- Ron Salmon
 The Bus Depot
 http://www.busdepot.com

p.s. Matthew is absolutely right that this law threatens completely law
abiding people by circumventing the constitution, and is of particular
concern to those of us driving vehicles that the police tend to view as
"hippy vans."