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conspiracy to traffic illegal narcotics and conspiracy to cultivate marijuana are the likely charges. they're hard to stick, unless they have you on tape entering and leaving the house a whack of times, bringing in gear or taking out bags.
you could probably talk your way out of any real charges but not the arrest. best advice, if it were to happen, is keep your mouth shut until the court appointed arrives. the police are going to lie and lie hard about all the evidence they have and how slam dunk your conviction is going to be. nine times out of ten they have trouble even charging the leasee, let alone some random dood who was in the house at the time. they can't fabricate evidence or the appearance thereof to your attorney, so he or she will tell you where you stand, then make your choice from there on what you want to do to beat the charges. if you start with "i didn't know, i just thought the smell was from all the pot we were smoking" and don't move off that point, it's going to be really hard for them to make a case against you. just keep your hands off the gear and the lack of physical evidence ups your chances of getting out of jail free.
don't get lippy though. there's an ancient law in bc called "frequenting a bawdy house". it was originally intended to arrest johns in whorehouses, but it can be interpreted to mean any home where illegal activity is occuring. it's rarely used because the maximum charge is like a week in jail and a small fine. most judges look at the charge as a nuisance which wastes the courts time, so you're unlikely to get pinched for it unless you're being a real hardass.
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