Man in handcuffs taken off Southwest Chief, March 9, 2013

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I happened to catch sight of this event yesterday, in Las Vegas, NM, and was wondering whether anyone has any knowledge as to why this occurred? The news outlets are mum.

Here's what I saw: A caucasian male, with short, sandy-blonde hair and possibly in his late 20s or early 30s, was escorted by at least three New Mexico State Police officers from a sleeping car on Train 3; they placed this man in a waiting squad car. Whether the man was a sleeping car passenger or was merely being held in a room as a means of isolating him is unknown to me.

I'm chastising myself now for not simply asking the police or Amtrak officials who were present. I could have done so, but didn't want to impose. (I wish I had.) Can anyone out there satisfy my curiosity?
 
It was on Southwest Chief in New Mexico that we once had a stowaway hiding in a Sleeping Car, who was hauled off by State Troopers at some nondescript railroad crossing couple of years back.
 
On the CZ when we arrived in Omaha, we stopped just outside the station, conductor said we were waiting for the platform to be ready for us. After a couple minutes, we arrived with several Omaha police officers waiting for the train, they boarded our car and immediately went upstairs, I was in the lower level coach seats. Then they returned with a female in handcuffs. When she was taken off, then other passengers were allowed to de-train from our car. I don't smoke, but went out to see what the scuttle butt was. Apparently she was smoking crack in the rest room and when she got back to her seat upstairs, her crack pipe fell out of her pocket and the passenger behind her found it and gave it to the conductor. A policeman came back on and entered all the bathrooms across from our seats and then put up tape, closing one of them.

This delayed us only a few minutes, but after we got back under way, there was a "staff briefing" that kept the lounge closed for an extended period of time.
 
LVS said:
I happened to catch sight of this event yesterday, in Las Vegas, NM, and was wondering whether anyone has any knowledge as to why this occurred? The news outlets are mum.
Here's what I saw: A caucasian male, with short, sandy-blonde hair and possibly in his late 20s or early 30s, was escorted by at least three New Mexico State Police officers from a sleeping car on Train 3; they placed this man in a waiting squad car. Whether the man was a sleeping car passenger or was merely being held in a room as a means of isolating him is unknown to me.

I'm chastising myself now for not simply asking the police or Amtrak officials who were present. I could have done so, but didn't want to impose. (I wish I had.) Can anyone out there satisfy my curiosity?
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You can ask, but the chances are about even they won't tell you.
 
I think it's best to never interfere with the police or ask them questions while they are doing their job. They probably legally can't tell you anything, and they don't want to be distracted if they are arresting somebody.
 
The Southwest Chief is used relatively frequently for drug trafficking and occasionally human trafficking (illegal immigrants and/or pimping of youth). I hear about enough busts from the grapevine most of the time so that this is pretty much routine, and not news unless the train is delayed for more than a few hours. While many police agencies have a police blotter log available to the public, since this is Amtrak you would have to FOIA the document, if it even exists.
 
Steve4031 said:
I think it's best to never interfere with the police or ask them questions while they are doing their job. They probably legally can't tell you anything, and they don't want to be distracted if they are arresting somebody.
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Depends on the situation and the location.

Once we had something happen right in front of our house. The cops told us what they suspected was going down (apparently a murder suspect fleeing) and even what they were planning on doing (calling the county sheriff dept for a search helicopter). Half the block was out and trying to figure out what was going on.
 
Most of the time passengers are expelled for fighting, using drugs, smuggling drugs, or causing a disruption among the passengers.

It's quite common for passengers to smuggle cannabis in large bags or smoke it in the restroom.
 
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Swadian Hardcore said:
Most of the time passengers are expelled for fighting, using drugs, smuggling drugs, or causing a disruption among the passengers.
It's quite common for passengers to smuggle cannabis in large bags or smoke it in the restroom.
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Thank you for referring to it as it's proper name of cannabis rather than it's prohibition labels like pot, weed and marijuana.
 
HiGracie said:
Swadian Hardcore said:
Most of the time passengers are expelled for fighting, using drugs, smuggling drugs, or causing a disruption among the passengers.

It's quite common for passengers to smuggle cannabis in large bags or smoke it in the restroom.
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Thank you for referring to it as it's proper name of cannabis rather than it's prohibition labels like pot, weed and marijuana.
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Because that makes it that much less...a drug?
 
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And Vicodin, Oxy, Valium, and other, much-stronger-than-cannabis pharmaceuticals that are prescribed on a regular basis.
 
HiGracie said:
Swadian Hardcore said:
Most of the time passengers are expelled for fighting, using drugs, smuggling drugs, or causing a disruption among the passengers.

It's quite common for passengers to smuggle cannabis in large bags or smoke it in the restroom.
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Thank you for referring to it as it's proper name of cannabis rather than it's prohibition labels like pot, weed and marijuana.
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This makes about as much sense as insisting upon hydromorphone instead of Dilaudid
 
DEA agents and/or local police often check the CZ at Reno for illegal activities of the type mentioned in previous posts on this thread. And sometimes they ride the westbound CZ from Reno to Truckee to continue their checks.
 
Peter KG6LSE said:
I was on 10 mg Oxy for the last 4 weeks .. Oy ! nasty stuff but with out it I might have gone off the Deep end......
I had a 2ed knee job done ..
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Aloha

I wondered why we had not seen you posting very much. Take care, get better soon.
 
BCL said:
EMDF9A said:
me_little_me said:
AmtrakBlue said:
Or Hydrogen dioxide instead of water?
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It is Dihydrogen Oxide or Oxygen dihydride.
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Because its H2O it is Dihydrogen Oxide If it were Oxygen Dihydride it would be OH2
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It's dihydrogen monoxide.

http://www.dhmo.org/
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That website is the greatest...

Purchasing DHMO-free milk is a good alternative for those who are worried about the lack of DHMO regulations in the dairy industry, suggests Waltz. Most grocery stores and pharmacies carry a number of DHMO-free milk products.
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