![]() ![]() So it doesn’t take much to disguise a secret compartment that won’t have to stand up to a more serious intrusive search. If the police do have reasonable cause to believe something is hidden in the car they could get a warrant and tear it apart like was done in the French Connection. The police don’t start trying the controls looking for hidden compartments for a routine traffic stop. I don’t remember many details, I think this happened in the 80s, but it’s clear the police didn’t have trouble uncovering the secret compartment once they suspected it was there. Once the police suspected this vehicle was involved the police stopped it following another robbery and examined the car closely enough to find the hidden compartment the jewelry was stashed in. I remember home burglary jewelry thieves in New York being caught after their high end car was spotted in the vicinity of several thefts, and even stopped at least once, but no sign of any stolen jewelry in the car. The murder weapon was hidden thusly, and Lennie seemed to think such oddball combinations were common, I would have never thought of anything like that. * L&O, Everybody Loves Raimondos was on last night. If people appropriate switches from things like the radio or heater to make a secret stash box lock, does the radio and the heater still work? How does one make a secret combination from different systems? The radio and the heater and whatnot aren’t interconnected. Is this realistic, or is this just another TV contrivance with no basis in reality (like silenced revolvers) that everyone just uses over and over? More TV BS “facts”? I have no trouble with the concept of secret compartments, it’s the access that bugs me. “Push the radio, the heater, and the cigarette lighter” *, and the compartment pops open. Maybe inside the passenger airbag compartment, maybe under the floor, and it is opened by some combination of regular controls.
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