A Sizable Bust -- Of Daisies
Canadian drug cops have the American ones beat in stoopid. Michael Platt writes in the Calgary Sun that the "significant" outdoor bust in Lethbridge was mainly significant in how what they found and uprooted was not pot but 1,624 daisies:
It's blooming embarrassing, is what it is.The best part: police still won't admit the plants they seized in what was supposedly the biggest outdoor marijuana bust in Lethbridge history are plain old flowers -- daisies, to be precise.
All police will concede at this point is the 1,624 plants torn from a suburban Lethbridge garden on July 30 isn't marijuana, as first claimed after a phalanx of police marched in and starting plucking.
"This is a significant bust, given the size of this operation," is how a senior officer put it at the time, while proudly displaying garbage bags full of the dastardly daises.
That same officer, Staff Sergeant Wes Houston, now admits the plant haul was a mistake.
"In any investigation, police count public safety as our top priority -- our decision to seize the plants was made with the best information we had at the time," said Houston, leader of CFSEU-Lethbridge.
Public safety? Because some pothead might injure himself falling out of a beanbag chair while reaching for another brownie?
via Mike Riggs at reason
I'm no zoologist, but I believe I can tell the difference between marijuana and daisies. Next thing you know, they'll be seizing garden gnomes and plastic flamingos.
Cousin Dave at October 4, 2012 10:44 PM
WTF? There are lots of plants that have that jagged sort of leaf that looks sorta like a hand. Daisies are not one of them.
NicoleK at October 5, 2012 3:03 AM
No homeowners or pets died bringing you this farce, so I think we've still got Canada beat in the race to stupidity.
MarkD at October 5, 2012 5:24 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/05/a_sizable_bust.html#comment-3362468">comment from MarkDI forgot to put in the link initially. There now. Check out the photo comparison at the Calgary Sun. You'd have to be blind and clueless to mistake these for pot plants.
Amy Alkon
at October 5, 2012 5:54 AM
Loved the quiz at the end of the article.
I passed; I guess that means I'm unqualified to be a cop?
Charles at October 5, 2012 6:03 AM
Check out the photo comparison at the Calgary Sun. You'd have to be blind and clueless to mistake these for pot plants.
And that just compares their leaf and bud patterns. Their relative heights might also be a wee hint.
Astra at October 5, 2012 6:41 AM
Now we just have to convince them dandelions are pot and the whole city's weeding will get done in no time.
Elle at October 5, 2012 8:01 AM
"No homeowners or pets died bringing you this farce, so I think we've still got Canada beat in the race to stupidity"
Killing while serving a dubious drug warrant gets bonus points - POLICE MEAN BIZNESS BITCHES!
doggone at October 5, 2012 8:55 AM
What a bunch of pansies. I'm so gladiola I don't live in Canada. My nation just rose in my own estimation.
Patrick at October 6, 2012 7:39 AM
Lol, Patrick, I'm your huckleberry!
Kat at October 6, 2012 6:06 PM
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