Ron Strider
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Police in the French city of Lyon were left red faced after destroying a 400 square meter art installation that they mistook for an illegal cannabis plantation.
The wanton destruction took place on June 26th when officers were patrolling along the Cours de Charlemagne in the center of the city.
When the police stumbled upon the plants they thought they had wandered across an illicit cannabis plantation in the heart of France's second city.
They wasted no time and jumped into action pulling out the plants one by one across an area of 400 square meters, reported local newspaper Le Progres.
You can probably imagine how stoned, sorry stunned, the police were when they were informed the plants were actually there in the name of art as part of an instillation titled "waiting room".
And more to the point the plants weren't cannabis at all, but a mixture of hemp, barley and linen that had been planted as part of the event "Lyon Architecture Biennial".
Fruit from the plants were set to be harvested on Saturday when the event was due to end.
For the red-faced police, the fault lay with the organizers who they argue should have put up a sign to indicate it was artwork.
But to be fair to officers the hemp plant looks remarkably similar to the cannabis plant, except it's not quite so potent.
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Full Article: French police destroy 'work of art' thinking it was illegal cannabis plantation - The Local
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Photo Credit: AFP
Website: The Local - France's News in English
The wanton destruction took place on June 26th when officers were patrolling along the Cours de Charlemagne in the center of the city.
When the police stumbled upon the plants they thought they had wandered across an illicit cannabis plantation in the heart of France's second city.
They wasted no time and jumped into action pulling out the plants one by one across an area of 400 square meters, reported local newspaper Le Progres.
You can probably imagine how stoned, sorry stunned, the police were when they were informed the plants were actually there in the name of art as part of an instillation titled "waiting room".
And more to the point the plants weren't cannabis at all, but a mixture of hemp, barley and linen that had been planted as part of the event "Lyon Architecture Biennial".
Fruit from the plants were set to be harvested on Saturday when the event was due to end.
For the red-faced police, the fault lay with the organizers who they argue should have put up a sign to indicate it was artwork.
But to be fair to officers the hemp plant looks remarkably similar to the cannabis plant, except it's not quite so potent.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: French police destroy 'work of art' thinking it was illegal cannabis plantation - The Local
Contact: Contact us - The Local
Photo Credit: AFP
Website: The Local - France's News in English
