because the law is interested in easy pickin's. they spend all of their time stealing property under the guise of law enforcement from hard working weed users. they don't get shot at or confronted. Just sneak up in the dark and sniff. Drug dealers have guns and guards and dogs with gates. they don't play. Cops are going after the easy money . That's how all criminals thrive. Lazy *** cops.

usually, they don't.

Most major king pins are followed for years before takedown. They like to take down the whole spider nest than just the 1 mother spider.

However, fear, coverup, and quick feet keep you out of the laws eyes.

He had a good writer that kept him one step ahead.

why? trying to get some ideas??

Walt definitely wasn't a small time drug dealer, he was a major drug kingpin, and made the best meth in America, possibly the world. So how does someone like that stay under the radar for so long? I know it's a TV show, but it's realistic. And I know the timeline in the show is only like 2 years, but at the rate Walt was going. But it makes sense because in real life, we have drug kingpins who are really big and stay under the radar for decades.