Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:38:31 -0800
Reply-To:     t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: $$$ Seizure law, was: Open container (very weak VW content)
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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---The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM> wrote:
>
> > 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  :-)
>
In LA a woman lost her car to police when she said they could search
her recently purchased used car.  They found a 'hidden' compartment
[probably used for hiding a gun] that 'could' have been used for
hiding drugs, therefore kept her car!  Maybe had something to do with
it that she had TX plates... Makes me think, the vanagon has 'hidden'
compartments galore.  Under the seats for one...

TBill
83.5 Westy
Interstate traveler

> 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."
>

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