Scrappers target Detroit warehouse after pot plants removed

**davewindsor** · July-11-13, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Who cares?

I think that anybody who pays taxes in Detroit should care that this building was stripped by scrappers because when a drug operation like this is shut down by the police, the building, equipment and vehicles become the property of the government and they are supposed to sell it at auction to pay for a part of the police budget. So, if scrappers take the equipment, then taxes are used instead of proceeds from seizures to pay for the police, so good luck keeping the police budget down. Somebody in the government should be held accountable for letting the building get scrapped before it went to auction.

**Honky Tonk** · July-11-13, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by davewindsor

I think that anybody who pays taxes in Detroit should care that this building was stripped by scrappers because when a drug operation like this is shut down by the police, the building, equipment and vehicles become the property of the government and they are supposed to sell it at auction to pay for a part of the police budget. So, if scrappers take the equipment, then taxes are used instead of proceeds from seizures to pay for the police, so good luck keeping the police budget down. Somebody in the government should be held accountable for letting the building get scrapped before it went to auction.

You're absolutely right, Dave.