Elderly couple unwittingly grow the "biggest cannabis plant" police have seen

ToffeeMark · October 9, 2012

taken from bbc website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-19868327

An elderly couple have unwittingly grown the "biggest cannabis plant" police officers had seen after buying what they thought was an innocuous shrub from a car boot sale.

The couple, who live in Bedford, had planted the drug in their garden.
Police officers were astounded when they spotted the plant. They have collected it and a spokesperson said it would be disposed of.

The couple will face no action from the police.

The officers took to their @bedfordlpt Twitter account to express their surprise at the find, saying: "Seized today. Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale, tended carefully - biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!"

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 9, 2012

Bought at a car boot my hoop.

A spokesman for Bedfordshire Police said "The couple were lovely, we were invited in for a brew and some Brownies."

bluejock · October 9, 2012

Would love to be there when they burnt it.

ToffeeMark · October 9, 2012

I can't help thinking the old folks weren't as naive as they made out...

they've been pruning it for years...

I hope the coppers checked the poppies behind the shed

Blue 1 · October 9, 2012

It's flowered as well FFS.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 9, 2012

When I lived in Holland there was an apartment block (oldies) on the news, the grounds had been landscaped by the local council and it appears that it was soil that was full of seeds, it was like a feckin' sweetcorn field, they were about 10 feet tall and a machete required to get through the stuff which had grown all around the gaff.

ToffeeMark · October 9, 2012

wish i'd called this thread, "Cops shocked to discover old dears big bush" :dodgy:

grandjoeblue · October 9, 2012

Sure I'm being ignorant here but don't they need loads of sunlight?

Why does weed always get grown in dodgy tents in peoples lofts?

somuchfun · October 9, 2012

grandjoeblue said:
Sure I'm being ignorant here but don't they need loads of sunlight?

Why does weed always get grown in dodgy tents in peoples lofts?

Nah pooploadds of light is only needed to get a big crop soon.

Blue 1 · October 9, 2012

It will grow pretty much anywhere, but fairly specific hours of light are needed to make it flower well, which is why its usually grown under controlled conditions. It is quite possible to get a decent outdoor crop by planting at the right time of year, as these guys have shown quite nicely!

Nedakey2004 · October 9, 2012

ToffeeMark said:
wish i'd called this thread, "Cops shocked to discover old dears big bush"

HA HA, Very good

Foot Long Hot Dog · October 9, 2012

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
Bought at a car boot my hoop.

A spokesman for Bedfordshire Police said "The couple were lovely, we were invited in for a brew and some Brownies."

haha, quality that mate

edge · October 9, 2012

if it was a couple of teenagers on the dole growing it i dont think that excuse would work, should have there assets stripped and thrown in jail, the drug growing scum.

nesky · October 9, 2012

Is it even illegal to grow it? Here in NI it's grown commercially for fabric manufacture or something. I would have thought that was the same case on the mainland UK, i.e., it's legal to grow it, but illegal to then use that for stoning purposes?