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O, Cannabis Tree! Police find decorated plant during bust

Hippies enjoy celebrating Christmas too, police in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said on Wednesday after they were stunned to find a two-metre marijuana plant decked out in twinkling lights during a drug bust.

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Teen caught in Weener returning from Dutch drug joyride

Police officers conducting a routine check on a train arriving in Germany from the Netherlands on Wednesday discovered a 16-year-old boy with €1,850 in “allowance money” and marijuana.

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Police raid huge pot plantation

An enormous cannabis plantation has been found at a former factory site in Osterode, police in the state of Lower Saxony reported on Tuesday.

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German cops bust grass growing granny

Customs police in the German town Kleve near the Dutch border have busted a 69-year-old woman for growing over 1,100 marijuana plants with a high-tech setup in an old mill.