[Robert357]

“...it appears it was code inspectors who actually removed items from the property...”

That makes more sense, but having a judge sign off on it and having effectively a SWAT team lead it sounds really dumb.

[kingu]

That makes more sense, but having a judge sign off on it and having effectively a SWAT team lead it sounds really dumb.

I understand where you're coming from, but in this case, I don't blame the judge. The police claimed that at least one member had recently been arrested with marijuana on their person, it is multi-acre commune / farm, and the police had taken surveillance photos which showed rows of tomatillo plants in between high shrubs and weeds which I guess could have been interpreted as being marijuana plants.