Shortly after 8:00pm, a teen riding his bike through Waldron Park in Flour Bluff discovered what he thought were marijuana plants growing there.
Police later hauled away 300-400 medium-sized plants that they also believed was marijuana.
If fact, officers only stopped collecting the plants because it got too dark, and planned to return in the morning to look around for more.
However, after spending more than an hour removing and tagging the hundreds of plants, then hauling it all down the police department downtown, testing revealed that none of it was marijuana at all.
The suspected pot plants were just a fairly common type of weed called 'horse mint.'
With news video.
5 comments:
I've never seen an actual marijuana plant live, but even I could have told the police they were obviously mistaken.
Also, you would think there was better use for the valuable time of police officers in this economy than pointless weedhunting.
I should leak to the local gardai that is 5 acres of marijuana on my property. Ooops, its just red fern and briars..but thanks for the clean up lads.
Hmm now that is a thought. Get the Bobby's to clean up the yard.
However, after spending more than an hour smoking it and feeling no buzz whatsoever, testing revealed that none of it was marijuana at all.
See how I fixed that article for them? Now it's more accurate.
Mint grows like crazy in my garden and it's most enjoyable to pull up because it smells so nice: like MINT!
Everyone involved should be completely embarrassed.
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