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    UK police: Elderly couple unwittingly grew pot

    Associated Press – Mon, Oct 8, 2012

    LONDON (AP) — British police say an elderly couple unwittingly grew a monstrous cannabis plant in their yard after buying what they thought was an innocuous green bush at a flea market.

    Police in Bedford, a commuter town 90 kilometers (55 miles) from central London, posted a picture of a luxuriant cannabis plant growing as tall as the fence in what appeared to be someone's back yard.

    In a message posted to Twitter Friday the force said the plant had been "seized today."

    "Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale, tended carefully-biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!" the message exclaimed.

    Further details about the couple — or how either it or police got wise to the plant's true nature — weren't immediately available late Monday.

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    Online:

    Bedford Police's message:

    https://twitter.com/BedfordLPT/status/254211420131057665

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