Elderly British couple inadvertently buys enormous marijuana plant

An elderly couple in Bedfordshire, England, inadvertently bought a marijuana plant from a car boot sale and planted it in their backyard. The cannabis plant thrived and became so large, that when police were called after a friend of the couple’s pointed out that it could be the drug, the police said it was the largest they had ever seen. The couple will not face any charges.

UK-POT-MARIJUANA  - The elderly couple unwittingly acquired the marijuana plant at a car boot sale.

After the cannabis plant was planted in their backyard, it thrived.

Later, a friend visiting the coupled pointed out that the plant could be the illegal drug, and the couple called the police.The plant is the biggest specimen that local police had seen. The couple will not face charges.

SOURCE:

BBC

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

Bedfordshire News

http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/News/No-dear-that-wasnt-the-pot-plant-I-had-in-mind-08102012.htm

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