If you want to talk about Ben Cousins, post it here (mega merged thread)

[AnnieH]

OK now its going to get interesting.

I don't see any reason why Cousins couldn't play in the AFL next year.

What a farce.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/com...44-661,00.html

Yahhhhh for the media and whoever else is involved keeping the headlines away from the boring politicans. We've heard it all before ! Bring it on ...what's next kissing cousins ! Posted by: Margaret Lewfatt of Melbourne 2:13pm today
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Funny.

[Damien]

Traces of ecstasy and cocaine found on a $20 note in the car, along with three other available drugs, one prohibited.

West Coast did the right thing IMO

Source

[AnnieH]

So disgraced ex-west coast fallen star ben cousins needs viagra????
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

There's a whole new thread if I ever saw one.

[Damien]

So disgraced ex-west coast fallen star ben cousins needs viagra????
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

There's a whole new thread if I ever saw one.

Not suggesting it was the reason in the slightest however, I used to manage a guy that swore by ecstasy and Viagra together....I actually had to give him a warning for promoting it with his mates at work

Not my cup of tea, but it seems to be an in thing for some out there.

[RED RAG]

Hey Cruiser,

Would you be happy to submit to a drug test if you were just driving in a car ?

The opportunity to harass minorities is enormous with that leglislation.

Yes I'd be quite happy. Maybe the they'd get some of dickheads that are driving around with it in their system. And how often does anyone get pulled up these days anyway with the miniscule amount of patrol cars on the road anyway.

[goswannie14]

I don't know if you are tongue-in-cheek or not, but the presence of a video camera smells shonky. And who were the "two female passengers"?

From what I heard on ABC radio, Cousins had visited a house that was under observation by the squad (I don't knw what it is called), Daniel Chick also visited the same house. That is why both cars were followed, stopped and searched, and why both serches happened realtively closely together in time and location.

That would explain a police video. However I also heard a claim that a reporter just happened to be there when the search happened and taped it on his phone. I don't know that this is very credible, it would appear more likely that the press were also following Cousins car.

[goswannie14]

Hey Cruiser,

Would you be happy to submit to a drug test if you were just driving in a car ?

The opportunity to harass minorities is enormous with that leglislation.

If he was driving in Victoria he would have no choice but to submit, it is no different to being breath tested. Random drugs tests are common in Victoria.

[TheGrimReaper]

I'm thinking that the police tipped the media off, knowing that they had a fair idea that Cousins was going to be nabbed. How else was the media there so quickly for the incident?

[Layby]

If he was driving in Victoria he would have no choice but to submit, it is no different to being breath tested. Random drugs tests are common in Victoria.

I am not saying it does not happen, and not necessarily saying i disagree with random setups on the side of the road to randomly test passers by.

My concern is targeted 'random' testing where someone is followed then 'random' tested.

I just think it gives police too much opportunity to harass individuals or minority goups.

Just my opinion

[goswannie14]

I am not saying it does not happen, and not necessarily saying i disagree with random setups on the side of the road to randomly test passers by.

My concern is targeted 'random' testing where someone is followed then 'random' tested.

I just think it gives police too much opportunity to harass individuals or minority goups.

Just my opinion

That's fair enough. I think however in this instance the reason Cousins was pulled up was because of what I said earlier.

From what I heard on ABC radio, Cousins had visited a house that was under observation by the squad (I don't knw what it is called), Daniel Chick also visited the same house. That is why both cars were followed, stopped and searched, and why both serches happened realtively closely together in time and location.

[Matty10]

That's fair enough. I think however in this instance the reason Cousins was pulled up was because of what I said earlier.

Wasn't it reported that the police pulled him over because he was driving erratically - or was that just another case of the media creating the news rather than reporting it?

[goswannie14]

Wasn't it reported that the police pulled him over because he was driving erratically - or was that just another case of the media creating the news rather than reporting it?

I did hear that too. Could it be a combination of both? Although, given the squad that pulled him up, the trailling because of where he had been seems to be more likely IMO.

[Damien]

I'm thinking that the police tipped the media off, knowing that they had a fair idea that Cousins was going to be nabbed. How else was the media there so quickly for the incident?

By the time the cameras started rolling, he had already been moved to the backseat of his car, I am pretty confident it was the public that tipped the media off.

Some people had already posted the "rumour" that Cousins was having his car searched on boards before the media even got wind of it.

[goswannie14]

Some people had already posted the "rumour" that Cousins was having his car searched on boards before the media even got wind of it.

My wife told me about it off a parenting chat site before I read it here. Evidently it was near a number of offices so there were "rubber-neckers" everywhere.

[Damien]

I did hear that too. Could it be a combination of both? Although, given the squad that pulled him up, the trailling because of where he had been seems to be more likely IMO.

Yes. Seems to be that Cousins and Chick were together at a location being monitored, which makes total sense considering both were taken to the police station at the same time.