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Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:11PM (#26785817)
Not saying it has never happened but it is illegal for the police to entice someone into committing a crime they otherwise wouldn't have committed.

This is called "entrapment" and if caught, law enforcement will face penalties for doing it, and the defendant can't be convicted for the crime.