If your Christmas tree was seized...
By topffer
@topffer (42156)
France
December 29, 2016 6:59am CST
This couple living in Cheltenham (UK) decorated nicely their natural Christmas tree, ending with an angel on the top, put it proudly near a window, and the police came, seized the tree, and arrested them "on suspicion of cannabis cultivation"
. WTF 
? It is perhaps a cannabis plant, but what I see on the photo is undoubtedly a Christmas tree 
!
...How would you plead your case to be acquitted 
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The picture was twitted by the Gloucestershire police on December 22nd.
. WTF ? It is perhaps a cannabis plant, but what I see on the photo is undoubtedly a Christmas tree !
...How would you plead your case to be acquitted ?
The picture was twitted by the Gloucestershire police on December 22nd.
“Not your traditional Xmas Tree! Two arrested in Cheltenham on suspicion of cannabis cultivation.”
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14 responses
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
29 Dec 16
That's where I used to live
That certainly is a weed plant so they'll be convicted without a doubt but will just get a fine.
That certainly is a weed plant so they'll be convicted without a doubt but will just get a fine.3 people like this
@topffer (42156)
• France
29 Dec 16
@Mike197602 I read that they have been bailed until February pending further investigation : maybe the police will find a Christmas tree traffic?
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
29 Dec 16
@topffer I doubt there will be a trial for one plant
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@vandana7 (100214)
• India
3 Jan 17
@The_Bong_Woman ... It would have become legit across the world...but for Modi..
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@The_Bong_Woman (850)
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3 Jan 17
@vandana7 that's a legit escape method Vanny! At least here in India it is... 
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@much2say (55512)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jan 17
It's so funny to me what the police will focus on sometimes . . . I can think of other serious situations they really could have attended to . And where was their spirit of Christmas?
I wonder how that would work here . . . you know California has legalized it!1 person likes this
@much2say (55512)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jan 17
@topffer So I wonder who really gets on the Santa's naughtier list next year - the couple in possession of a plant(s) or the cops that took away their Christmas spirit?
Let me tell you it's really strange seeing shops and billboards here promoting cannabis. If anyone who enjoys it sees this piece of news about a cannabis Christmas tree, that will surely give them some holiday decor ideas!
@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Jan 17
To respect the spirit of Christmas they should have waited the day after Christmas to seize the tree, but maybe they thought that it would be converted into smoke on Christmas night.
If cannabis is legal in California, then you can certainly expose a cannabis Christmas tree near your window.
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If cannabis is legal in California, then you can certainly expose a cannabis Christmas tree near your window.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Jan 17
Many, many years ago, the boss of the company I worked for invited all his employees over to his house for a Christmas party. When we all arrived, we were quite amused that his Christmas tree was in fact a large cannabis plant that he had decorated for the holidays.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Jan 17
@topffer It just recently became legalized for medical prescription only. It won't be long before it's legalized for recreational use.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Dec 16
I'm pretty sure they can get arrested for a Christmas tree, but those other plants sure look like cannabis to me.
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. It is unfair to seize a Christmas tree before Christmas@topffer (42156)
• France
29 Dec 16
@fishtiger58 Maybe they thought that they would smoke it all on Christmas day if they were waiting?
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Dec 16
@topffer Oh they were part of the tree, how interesting. Well the police certainly thought the tree was evidence, so I would say yup they had to seize the tree.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
29 Dec 16
That was pretty cheeky to put a pot tree in the window, they are obviously amateurs. lol
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It's a creative idea anyway.
@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
29 Dec 16
This looks like weed... ah well I guess they could have said it was a "fern"
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
29 Dec 16
@topffer of course they happened to picked some mushrooms that's magic too
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@The_Bong_Woman (850)
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3 Jan 17
That's a real awful thing to happen on Christmas! 
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
29 Dec 16
I don't recognize the plant so I can't tell. Perhaps the owners didn't know? Very strange happenings.
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