Fake Road Block Nabs 3 Drug Suspects  Oct 8th @ 3:57 pm in News
by Scott Staley  Recently the state police set up a bogus drug
check point near the Colorado Utah state line and nabbed 3
suspects.  Generally federal and state courts have ruled that
drug checkpoints are illegal because they violate the fourth
amendment but they are lawful as long as they’re fake, which
this one was.    Apparently the fake road block forced the three
suspects to dump their stash on the side of the road before
reaching the checkpoint.  The Daily Sentinel reports that
authorities were watching them while they  were doing that and
then when they approached the checkpoint stopped them.  One of
the officers found a 5 lb bag of marijuana off the side of the
road and then arrested them.   According  to the Mesa County
Chief Deputy District Attorney’s office the procedure is legal
as long as police have reasonable basis for the stop.