Pubdate: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2006 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Kevin Martin Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) COPS GO ON TRIAL IN GROW-OP CASE High-tech snooping by police is at the centre of a defence challenge to a raid by Calgary cops on a southwest marijuana grow operation. Defence lawyer Charlie Stewart wants Justice Marsha Erb to rule his client's rights were violated when police searched his home after using a digital recording ammeter. The device, which is placed on a transformer outside the home, measures electricity used over several days. Const. Patricia McCallum, who swore information in support of a search warrant on Daniel James Gomboc's home, used the results to help get the warrant. But McCallum told Crown prosecutor Eleanor Funk she had ample evidence without the electrical testing to justify a raid on Gomboc's home. Gomboc, 30, faces charges of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and cultivation in connection with the Feb. 3, 2004, search. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom