Pot Farmer on Hot Bike Leads Chasing Cops to His Grow Op

At that point, he kind of had it coming

By: Sabrina Giacomini

Sep 27, 2018 at 11:58am ET

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We have a new entry in our Don’t Be Dumb series. For every criminal mastermind, there are 50 dimwits who can’t even steal a lollipop from a baby. Here’s one of them: this time, a pot farmer who doubled as a bike thief couldn’t keep it in—the bike I mean—and ended up leading the police to his urban illegal farm.

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There are a few lessons to learn from this story. The Weoley Castle, UK “entrepreneur” was taking a casual ride around town on a bright green Kawasaki Ninja. The thing is; the bike wasn’t technically his. He had borrowed it long term from an unwilling owner (read: stolen it). As any bright-colored sportbike does, it wasn’t long before he caught the local police’s attention.

In a panic, the guy tried to hide the bike at his house, before making a run for it on foot. Of course, the officers were quick to find the bike and catch the unlawful owner who they then arrested since the Ninja had a false license plate.

That was just the beginning of their night and I bet you the officers didn’t know they were going to hit two birds with one stone. Turns out Einstein here had a bit of a green thumb and that the house he tried to hide the bike in was also his greenhouse where hundreds of healthy cannabis plants were being grown.

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The police service shared pictures of the heist on its Facebook page with the hashtag #notjusttraffic. Today kids, we’ve learned that if you specialize in illegal home farming, if you steal a bike, or if you’re looking to get double the points by doing both, you should keep a low profile. If you can’t and feel the need to live dangerously by strutting your new ride, try to hide in the woods or under a bridge or something—don’t lead the police back to your drug lair. Just don’t.

Source: Birmingham Mail