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Police stunned by elderly couple's huge cannabis plant
London (CNN) -- British police have decided not to press any charges against the elderly couple who had been unknowingly cultivating a huge cannabis plant in their garden.
The plant was seized Monday in Bedfordshire, central England. The police later posted a picture on Twitter with comments: "Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale," adding that it was the "biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!"
The police picture posted on Twitter shows a fully grown shrub with thick foliage in the front garden.
A police spokeswoman told CNN: "The plant was mistakenly bought by the elderly couple. We will not be pressing any charges. We have seized it and will dispose it." She also said that unlike what has been reported in some newspapers there was no "raid."' "The property was not raided," she said.
The police tweet, however, led to many comical reactions including on newspapers sites that carried the story. A Mail Online reader commented: "Don't buy 'pot' plants at car boot sales! Simples."
Cannabis is classified as a Class B drug in Britain under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The maximum penalty for supplying or producing cannabis is 14 years imprisonment and/or unlimited fine.
The cannabis plant has psychoactive compounds with mood and behavior-altering properties. The plant is used both for making recreational drugs and medicine. Organized crime gangs have often used in-house cannabis farms to produce the high-strength "skunk" version of the drug.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/09/world/europe/uk-cannabis/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
The plant was seized Monday in Bedfordshire, central England. The police later posted a picture on Twitter with comments: "Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale," adding that it was the "biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!"
The police picture posted on Twitter shows a fully grown shrub with thick foliage in the front garden.
A police spokeswoman told CNN: "The plant was mistakenly bought by the elderly couple. We will not be pressing any charges. We have seized it and will dispose it." She also said that unlike what has been reported in some newspapers there was no "raid."' "The property was not raided," she said.
The police tweet, however, led to many comical reactions including on newspapers sites that carried the story. A Mail Online reader commented: "Don't buy 'pot' plants at car boot sales! Simples."
Cannabis is classified as a Class B drug in Britain under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The maximum penalty for supplying or producing cannabis is 14 years imprisonment and/or unlimited fine.
The cannabis plant has psychoactive compounds with mood and behavior-altering properties. The plant is used both for making recreational drugs and medicine. Organized crime gangs have often used in-house cannabis farms to produce the high-strength "skunk" version of the drug.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/09/world/europe/uk-cannabis/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
My uncle found out about it from a guy at the co-op. He was sure it was a "weed" but didn't know what it was going to do to his near by garden....
Lol, this is hilarious. My aunt had one years ago that she also had no idea was a cannabis plant. She just liked it..hehe. She was horrified when she found out what she was growing, especially when it was her 17 year old son who pointed out to her what it actually was. Oh how I wish I'd had a camera to capture the look on her face.....
They should roll it up!..LOL
Stuff used to grow wild along the train tracks in some parts of Nebraska farm country.
I live in Northern California. I've seen bigger in many photos of raids in the woods.
But this reminds me of a similar story some years back of a couple who were growing opium poppies. They had no idea, they just liked the pretty flowers.
But this reminds me of a similar story some years back of a couple who were growing opium poppies. They had no idea, they just liked the pretty flowers.
This is awesome...
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