Thursday 3 April, 2025

Elderly couple grew enormous cannabis plant… by mistake

The pensioners applied their gardening skills to the herb, until it was seized by police.

Oct 9th 2012, 11:30 AM 26,110 Views 41 Comments

The plant

Image: Bedfordshire Police

AN ELDERLY BRITISH couple unwittingly grew a monstrous cannabis plant in their garden after buying what they thought was an innocuous green bush, and tending it carefully.

Police in Bedford, a commuter town 90km from London, posted a picture of a luxuriant cannabis plant growing as tall as the fence.

In a message on Twitter 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.

About the author:

About the author

Associated Foreign Press

See more articles by Associated Foreign Press

Contribute to this story:

Send a Correction

COMMENTS (41)

∞

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Elderly couple grew enormous cannabis plant… by mistake