So, not only is he being charged with buying (or selling?) drugs, but apparently it's an additional crime to use walkie-talkies to do it? Just so the state can add time onto the offender's sentence? Why not charge him with "driving a car to the scene of the crime", or "putting on shoes with intent to walk to the crime", or "wearing a cowboy hat to the crime scene"? Just charge him with everything he did that day. That'll teach the guy to stay away from drugs!!!
I'm a libertarian, so my thoughts on this story in general are going to be different than those of the rest of the forum... but no matter who you are, you have to admit that that's a pretty fucked up thing.