warehouse

Colonel Jacob justifies not conducting a thorough inspection on 22 June due to the impracticality of moving 539 fifty-kilogram bags without the warehouse's cooperation and prioritizing narcotics inspection.

“No warehouse is going to just let you utilise their staff for hours... moving such a volume of bags... majority of our labour and time would have gone... off loading bags... instead of focusing on the narcotics we have just seized... We sealed the container. So in my mind, we had , and generally rip-on-rip-off works like that... What you see in the front of the container 10 out of 10 times it was what was in the container.”

Colonel Jacob states warehouses do not allow thorough searches unless it is to their benefit, which challenges crime detection efforts.

“You say it is... if it is not to their benefit.”

Police officers need a relationship with the warehouse to effectively conduct crime scene investigation involving narcotics containers, including unpacking and inspecting them.

“So the constraints are you need to have a relationship with the warehouse before you start . Once you have got that , you must be prepared to work because everything should be able to be done there ... It is called an unpack . Unpack and visual inspection .”

Police do not have the necessary machines or trucks to move containers at crime scenes, relying on the warehouse to move containers and provide empty containers if needed.

“The police do not have the machines to move them , the trucks , nothing .”

Crime scenes at warehouses can be locked down and preserved for as long as required to prevent contamination or disruption.

“Can you lockdown a crime scene at a warehouse , my answer , Commissioner , is yes . How long can you do it for ? As long as you want to . I have proven that my longest is two and a half days .”