A convivial party at the Phi Kappa Sigma house at Washington State University spiraled into disaster by stages Wednesday night. Police were first summoned to the scene on complaints of minors being served alcohol. Though there is no report of discovering any such violations, while there officers were informed of illegal drugs in a parked car. (Who did the snitching is wisely not reported either.) Following up, they observed a bong and bag of marijuana in the back seat of the vehicle; a warrant was quickly obtained for search of the vehicle, which gave up no more evidence, but led to a warrant being issued for the house once it was ascertained the car's owner was a resident. By this time, the local police no longer felt confident of their ability to continue on alone, so they called in a SWAT team.
Despite the fact that the party's attendees were "intoxicated" and likely rowdy, the call for backup was not for fear of any fraternal resistance; said Pullman Cmdr. Chris Tennant, "we activated the SWAT team not because we needed special weapons and tactics, we just needed the bodies." A presumably thorough search of the house turned up additional caches of marijuana, pipes and bongs.
No arrests were made, but misdemeanor charges for drug and paraphanalia possession are expected. Your tax dollars at work: training law enforcement officers in special weapon skills and tactics so they can be summoned to rifle thtrough fratboys' rooms for bongs.
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