SANDPOINT -- Drug agents did not violate a knock-and-announce rule when they raided a Sandpoint windshield repair business that authorities allege was a front for a cocaine-dealing operation, District Judge Steve Verby ruled on Thursday.Verby also found there was sufficient probable cause to justify a search warrant for Craig Alan Bloom's business.

Bloom's defense counsel, Fred Palmer, argues Sundance Drug Task Force agents improperly entered the Glassworks Auto Glass shop in a Michigan Street strip mall on Jan. 7. Palmer also contends the search warrant was faulty because it was based on testimony from an informant who lacks any credibility.

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