Cops Make Major Hibiscus Bust
Jul. 8th, 2005 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingTexas cops thought they'd made a major drug bust when they raided a home northwest of Houston last Tuesday. After all, it looked like there were huge marijuana plants growing in the front yard. It turns out the tall plants with the narrow leaves arranged in a fan pattern weren't pot plants at all, but specimens of Texas Star hibiscus, which resident Blair Davis grows for his landscaping business.
That didn't convince the 10 or so members of the Harris County Organized Crime Unit who stormed around the house.
"I just put my head down, shook it and said: 'Guys, you are making a terrible mistake. That is Texas Star hibiscus, not marijuana,'" Davis told the TV station. "They just told me to shut up."
At one point, the officers discussed whether the bamboo in the window might be the demon weed as well, Davis told the Houston Chronicle. They also asked him what he planned to do with the watermelons and cantaloupes growing out back.
"What would I do with them?" Davis said he responded.
It turned out a concerned citizen had seen the native Texas plant, which has little white flowers and smooth green leaves - marijuana has rough leaves and dense flowering buds - in the yard and tipped off the authorities.
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Greatest comment on this story, ever:
"Awright, granny, GET ON THE GROUND! DON'T MOVE!"
"whaa..what's going o- OW!"
*slam!*
"you thought you could just distribute your goddamn cocaine pies until you died, DIDN'T YOU?"
"That...that's flour..."
"WHAT ARE THOSE CHERRIES FOR??"
That didn't convince the 10 or so members of the Harris County Organized Crime Unit who stormed around the house.
"I just put my head down, shook it and said: 'Guys, you are making a terrible mistake. That is Texas Star hibiscus, not marijuana,'" Davis told the TV station. "They just told me to shut up."
At one point, the officers discussed whether the bamboo in the window might be the demon weed as well, Davis told the Houston Chronicle. They also asked him what he planned to do with the watermelons and cantaloupes growing out back.
"What would I do with them?" Davis said he responded.
It turned out a concerned citizen had seen the native Texas plant, which has little white flowers and smooth green leaves - marijuana has rough leaves and dense flowering buds - in the yard and tipped off the authorities.
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Greatest comment on this story, ever:
"Awright, granny, GET ON THE GROUND! DON'T MOVE!"
"whaa..what's going o- OW!"
*slam!*
"you thought you could just distribute your goddamn cocaine pies until you died, DIDN'T YOU?"
"That...that's flour..."
"WHAT ARE THOSE CHERRIES FOR??"