Here's what should have happened. They should have dug up one of these packages that they though had drugs in them, which he had ABANDONED by burying them. You don't need a warrant to retrieve an abandoned package and open it, especially if you have a reason to believe it has drugs in it. Then they could have walked straight into the dealer's house, assuming it was drugs. The problem with narcotics today is they are led by people who never had that much experience and who were put into their positions