Pot Growers Beware

This is good advice for those growing an eight foot tall pot plant in their home:

(Posted here for those who are thwarted in their attempts to read it online)

If you’re growing pot, don’t call the cops

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A local man called police when he heard suspicious noises outside his home. He ended up in jail after officers saw something suspicious inside the home: an eight-foot tall pot plant and nearly $100,000 of marijuana.

The man summoned officers to his home in an upscale neighborhood, claiming that someone was trying to open his windows and that he could hear voices outside.

Officers found no burglar but asked if they could check inside, said police spokesman Sgt. John Booth. When the 59-year-old man let them in, officers found more than $100,000 worth of marijuana, he said.

The stash included an eight-foot pot plant, more plants growing in the garage and harvested marijuana — some packed into large plastic bags — stuffed in large storage bins in a bedroom, Booth said.

Officers also found syringes, at least one methamphetamine pipe and other drug paraphernalia, he said.

The man was arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana for sale.