What is required to warrant a drug raid in NYC?
<p>Doing research for a fictional book, and I'm wondering what kind of &quot;evidence&quot; my characters could fabricate in order to make the DEA (or any other relevant agency) run a raid on a building. The characters are two NYPD detectives, and FBI agent, and a private investigator. I'm keeping the kind of building unspecified, since it doesn't matter for the plot. Thus, if the answer is building-specific, you may answer in regards to whatever building type you have knowledge about.</p>
<p>Per the title, I am interested in the NYC jurisdiction.</p>

<p>A statement by a previously reliable informant that drugs are being processed or stored in a warehouse would probably suffice to get it raided. That meets the probable cause standard, at least.</p>

<p>A detective or an FBI agent would just need to ask a judge for a search warrant and swear that a previously reliable informant had stated that drugs were being stored there. Of course when the raid turns up nothing at all the detective might have some hard questions to answer, starting with &quot;who exactly was this informant?&quot;</p>

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