Facts

The Public Prosecutor's Office II of the Canton of Zurich conducted a criminal investigation against various persons on suspicion of dealing in large quantities of marijuana. As part of this investigation, it had the storage room rented by the accused "[B.] " monitored by audio-visual means. This revealed that on March 25, 2017, two unknown men deposited 13 cardboard boxes there, which presumably contained marijuana. The Public Prosecutor's Office then applied to the Compulsory Measures Court at the High Court of the Canton of Zurich for the use of this information obtained from the video surveillance in the proceedings against the new accused "[C.] ". The Compulsory Measures Court granted the request on April 13, 2017. By order of June 9, 2017, the Compulsory Measures Court also approved the use of the chance finds from the secret surveillance in the proceedings against "[D.] ", the alleged accomplice of "[C.] ". "[D.] " could be identified as [A.] . Between June 22, 2017 and November 6, 2017, the Compulsory Measures Court approved various secret surveillance measures against [A.] . On November 27, 2018, the Public Prosecutor's Office informed [A.] about this.

Considerations

1. The appellant [A.] claimed that the original surveillance of the storage room should have been terminated on March 1, 2017, as "[B.] " had terminated the lease and no longer entered the room thereafter. Therefore, the chance find of March 25, 2017 should not have been approved, and the further surveillance measures ordered against him were also unlawful. 2. The Federal Court rejected these arguments of the appellant. He was not entitled to challenge the legality of the surveillance ordered against "[B.] " and judicially approved until April 22, 2017, as he lacked the legally…