Parish Council Accidentally Plants Cannabis Plants In Flowerbed

Parish Council Accidentally Plants Cannabis Plants In Flowerbed
A community group in Dorset unwittingly planted some cannabis plants in amongst their floral display of daffodils and chrysanthemums recently. It took a passerbyβs keen eye to spot the βunusualβ plant peeking through!
Tray Veronica, saw the βinteresting plantsβ sticking out of the display whilst on the school run. She says: βI was driving to drop my daughter off and as I drove down New Road I saw the planter, being a gardener I always notice things like that. But as I looked over I thought βoh my god, is that what I think it is?ββ
Yep. It was!
βWhen I drove past again I stopped to have a closer look and yes, itβs definitely cannabis. I was laughing all the way home,β she continued.Β βBut at first there were six plants in there, now thereβs only two. The first ones were so big, they were towering above the bedding plants. They absolutely thrived on that planter.β
Unaware of their blunder,Β the West Parley Parish Council proudly shared a picture of the planters to their Facebook page, to which one person commented: βSmokinβ.β
Following an emergency council meeting on Wednesday, the council then released an update:
βOn 20th July, the parish council was alerted to a report concerning one of the villageβs floral displays, which suggested it may have been tampered with and amongst the flowers was a plant not part of this yearβs schedule.
On the advice of the police, the plant was located, removed and has been secured by the parish council and arrangements are being made to pass it on to Dorset Police for identification and destruction.
An inspection has taken place of all the parishβs other planters, and this has not raised any further concerns.β
Tray says the whole thing was a huge misunderstanding, adding: βI hope the council can see the funny side. It is worth adding that all the planters around the village do look beautiful, theyβve done a great job.β
Indeed!
Images: West Parley Parish Council/Facebook/BNPS