I don’t know about this particular story. But I have personally been escorted to my room and asked to describe, in-detail, what objects are in the room when they open the door. I have no idea what they plan to do if it isn’t what I say it is, but that method I’ve experienced. I’ve also explained to the front desk and they ask a cleaning person to do a check based on what I say.

Nothing about this sounds too far fetched to me, based on my experiences at other hotels/resorts. Maybe this only happens to you if you have a sketchy appearance or due to other biases; if you are clean cut and of a non-prejudiced race, maybe you won’t run into this crap.