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KanMan · 09-23-2005, 10:48 PM

Vancouver police ignore pot plants

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Pot plants sprout in storefront planter

Police ignore it, saying they're too busy to investigate

Ethan Baron
The Vancouver Province

A small marijuana plant, surrounded by coleus and impatiens plants, basks in the sunshine in front of Mario's Coffee Express on Howe Street in downtown Vancouver Monday. It's not known how the plant came to be in front of the coffee shop.

A tree may have grown in Brooklyn, but Vancouver's got pot growing on the sidewalk.

Downtown coffee shop owner Mario Trejier says he was shocked when two laughing tattooed men informed him that marijuana plants were sprinkled among the flowers in his sidewalk planters.

Trejier called the cops, and the receptionist said it wasn't a police matter.

"I know this is Vancouver, but in another city they'd be flying a helicopter over, a SWAT team would be dropping down," said Trejier, behind the counter at Mario's Coffee Express in the 500-block Howe Street.

"I'm sure they are busy with important stuff, but at least send someone by." The discovery of the plants was particularly surprising because of the shop's location in the heart of the business district, Trejier said.

"This is Howe Street. This is not Commercial Drive."

He admitted his business sometimes attracts suspicious types. "They're always stockbrokers," he said.

He hasn't pulled the eight plants, one coming into bud, out of the two heavy cement planters because the unasked-for crop hasn't created any difficulties.

"If this is any problem to me, I'll wheel them to Starbucks," he said.

Trejier said he wouldn't have recognized the plants, from eight- to 20-centimetres high, as marijuana.

"I'm an old-fashioned guy," he said. "If somebody needs that to live, I feel sorry for them. They haven't tried my coffee."

Someone may have dropped pot seeds into the planters, said Vancouver police Const. Tim Fanning.

"It's fairly minor," Fanning said. "We don't have any suspects, we're not going to have any charges, so there's not really any need to tie up police resources."

Contact: provletters@png.canwest.com

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myrth · 09-23-2005, 11:22 PM

doobie

mean mr.mustard · 09-24-2005, 02:51 AM

I remember when High times had a photo of a foot tall plant outside in a planter right in front of some police station!

Good to see the Canadians know how to spend their law dollars and smoke some good weed (dunno bout their coffee).

Wrecked · 09-24-2005, 03:00 AM

I remember the pic MMM. Hopefully one day American police will get some common sense and think like the canadian police. PeAcE

KanMan · 09-24-2005, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrecked

I remember the pic MMM. Hopefully one day American police will get some common sense and think like the canadian police. PeAcE

Common sense, man do i agree with that comment big time.

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dociron · 10-05-2005, 05:36 AM

Quoted from "Kanman"

"Trejier called the cops, and the receptionist said it wasn't a police matter."

LOL,, finally!!
A LEO with common sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

usawontstopme · 10-05-2005, 06:08 AM

Now why cant everywhere be like dat...I wish i just lived in a place where it could just be in a down town area and just grow in front of a store like dat wit LeO not even carring.....NoW DaTs ReLaXeD

OXOSSI · 10-08-2005, 08:45 AM

Canada rules!

HippieMama · 10-11-2005, 08:59 PM

I think we should all take schwagg seeds and plant them at our local police station, LMAO (just walk by and toss them into good locations

)

WTF would they do?????? It would be soooo funny!!!!

BushyOldGrower · 10-11-2005, 09:18 PM

What few of you know is that right here in America in states with no medical mari laws the police sometimes deliver the medical mari to the chemo patients for the local medical authorities. Its done on the sly but it is becoming a business everywhere and its fostered by the need for mercy.

Most Police dont hate pot users and see it as medicine sometimes at least. BOG

09-23-2005, 10:48 PM	#1
KanMan Calgary 420 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 257	Vancouver police ignore pot plants Vancouver police ignore pot plants Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Pot plants sprout in storefront planter Police ignore it, saying they're too busy to investigate Ethan Baron The Vancouver Province A small marijuana plant, surrounded by coleus and impatiens plants, basks in the sunshine in front of Mario's Coffee Express on Howe Street in downtown Vancouver Monday. It's not known how the plant came to be in front of the coffee shop. A tree may have grown in Brooklyn, but Vancouver's got pot growing on the sidewalk. Downtown coffee shop owner Mario Trejier says he was shocked when two laughing tattooed men informed him that marijuana plants were sprinkled among the flowers in his sidewalk planters. Trejier called the cops, and the receptionist said it wasn't a police matter. "I know this is Vancouver, but in another city they'd be flying a helicopter over, a SWAT team would be dropping down," said Trejier, behind the counter at Mario's Coffee Express in the 500-block Howe Street. "I'm sure they are busy with important stuff, but at least send someone by." The discovery of the plants was particularly surprising because of the shop's location in the heart of the business district, Trejier said. "This is Howe Street. This is not Commercial Drive." He admitted his business sometimes attracts suspicious types. "They're always stockbrokers," he said. He hasn't pulled the eight plants, one coming into bud, out of the two heavy cement planters because the unasked-for crop hasn't created any difficulties. "If this is any problem to me, I'll wheel them to Starbucks," he said. Trejier said he wouldn't have recognized the plants, from eight- to 20-centimetres high, as marijuana. "I'm an old-fashioned guy," he said. "If somebody needs that to live, I feel sorry for them. They haven't tried my coffee." Someone may have dropped pot seeds into the planters, said Vancouver police Const. Tim Fanning. "It's fairly minor," Fanning said. "We don't have any suspects, we're not going to have any charges, so there's not really any need to tie up police resources." Contact: provletters@png.canwest.com vancouver/theprovince Good Kannabis Growing!
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mean mr.mustard I Pass Satellites Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overturning Pebbles and Upending All the Animals Alight Posts: 6,418	I remember when High times had a photo of a foot tall plant outside in a planter right in front of some police station! Good to see the Canadians know how to spend their law dollars and smoke some good weed (dunno bout their coffee). __________________ Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?" - Martin Luther King Jr. People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. - Bob Dylan Be good and you will be lonely. - Mark Twain How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank
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BushyOldGrower Bubblegum Specialist Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: IN a cave in the Rocky Mountains Posts: 8,010	What few of you know is that right here in America in states with no medical mari laws the police sometimes deliver the medical mari to the chemo patients for the local medical authorities. Its done on the sly but it is becoming a business everywhere and its fostered by the need for mercy. Most Police dont hate pot users and see it as medicine sometimes at least. BOG __________________ BushyOldGrower Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Breeder of BOG Seeds ...bogland72@gmail.com Get my book, "Bonanza of Green" @googleplay.com Disclaimer: "I KNOW NOTHING!"
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myrth Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 163	doobie
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Wrecked Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 650	I remember the pic MMM. Hopefully one day American police will get some common sense and think like the canadian police. PeAcE
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dociron Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: where i can watch the karmic wheel turn, Posts: 424	Quoted from "Kanman" "Trejier called the cops, and the receptionist said it wasn't a police matter." LOL,, finally!! A LEO with common sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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usawontstopme Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: usa Posts: 220	Now why cant everywhere be like dat...I wish i just lived in a place where it could just be in a down town area and just grow in front of a store like dat wit LeO not even carring.....NoW DaTs ReLaXeD
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HippieMama Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New England Posts: 89	I think we should all take schwagg seeds and plant them at our local police station, LMAO (just walk by and toss them into good locations ) WTF would they do?????? It would be soooo funny!!!!
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