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Money might not grow on trees, but marijuana does.
At least it did, until police seized plants from a Holly tree in Westport Harbor earlier this month.
A River Road resident with a sharp eye called police July 15 after he noticed three burlap sacks dangling about 30 feet in the air from a tree. He told police he didn't know how the bags got there and he refused to touch them because he feared they contained "some sort of illegal material," police spokesman Detective Jeff Majewski said.
Two officers who arrived on scene spotted the bags instantly, but were at a loss to figure out what they contained, as the contents were hidden under the tree's branches and leaves. They used a thermal imager to determine that heat was coming off the bags, but even binoculars couldn't help them solve the mystery.
That's when the Highway Department was called in to give police a boost with a hydraulic lift bucket truck. After being hoisted into the tree, an officer realized the bags were stuffed with marijuana plants in different stages of growth.
The bags were packed with potting soil and tied together with a rope. The plants the largest of which was 5 feet tall were still growing, Majewski said, adding that the plants only have value as a drug when they produce buds.
Officers and residents alike were surprised by the find, and especially where they found it.
"In 20 years (in law enforcement), I haven't seen anything like that," Majewski said.
Police confiscated three plants from the tree and searched the neighborhood for more, but found nothing. Majewski said police were not able to determine who was responsible for the plants.
Word of the unusual find spread quickly through the Holly Trail area of the harbor, a summer hot spot that typically does not see much crime. When officers arrived on scene, six or seven neighbors were outside, glaring up at the tree in curiosity, Majewski said.
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At least it did, until police seized plants from a Holly tree in Westport Harbor earlier this month.
A River Road resident with a sharp eye called police July 15 after he noticed three burlap sacks dangling about 30 feet in the air from a tree. He told police he didn't know how the bags got there and he refused to touch them because he feared they contained "some sort of illegal material," police spokesman Detective Jeff Majewski said.
Two officers who arrived on scene spotted the bags instantly, but were at a loss to figure out what they contained, as the contents were hidden under the tree's branches and leaves. They used a thermal imager to determine that heat was coming off the bags, but even binoculars couldn't help them solve the mystery.
That's when the Highway Department was called in to give police a boost with a hydraulic lift bucket truck. After being hoisted into the tree, an officer realized the bags were stuffed with marijuana plants in different stages of growth.
The bags were packed with potting soil and tied together with a rope. The plants the largest of which was 5 feet tall were still growing, Majewski said, adding that the plants only have value as a drug when they produce buds.
Officers and residents alike were surprised by the find, and especially where they found it.
"In 20 years (in law enforcement), I haven't seen anything like that," Majewski said.
Police confiscated three plants from the tree and searched the neighborhood for more, but found nothing. Majewski said police were not able to determine who was responsible for the plants.
Word of the unusual find spread quickly through the Holly Trail area of the harbor, a summer hot spot that typically does not see much crime. When officers arrived on scene, six or seven neighbors were outside, glaring up at the tree in curiosity, Majewski said.
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