It started simply enough with a call from an aggrieved citizen.
“I was robbed!”
After a telephone interview with the alleged victim to gather necessary information to begin an investigation, the detectives met to brainstorm.
A rookie deputy knocked on the conference room door to report that the stolen property they were discussing was already in evidence.
Going by their case notes, they confirmed identifying features. It was only a matter of returning valuables to their owner.
Detectives notified the victim his property had been found. All they needed was for him to come in to claim his pot plants.
Back in the day, I worked as a newspaper reporter, often covering local police and crime. This story came out of an anecdote one of the county deputies told me. It easily could be urban legend, but is more than likely true. The intellect of our drug dealers and marijuana farmers was only rivaled by garden tools.
Thin spiral notebook 
I miss my days a beat/gen assignment reporter, too.
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Good times…
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Interesting
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Hahaha!
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Reminds me of an interesting ‘shrub’ sister in law had on her kitchen window sill.
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HA! I thought that was where this might be headed. Though they probably would have simply invited him to come reclaim his property, the-better-to-meet-him-at-the-door-with-handcuffs-my-dear, unless he had a license and was growing in the proper state.
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This was close to 20 years ago, in Tennessee. Definitely unlicensed weed production. He was asked to the station to pick up his plants and promptly arrested.
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