It looks as though the cops in Kansas haven’t learned yet that they do not have to store large seizures of marijuana for evidence. In this case all they had to do was weigh and photograph each bag. Then they take a small sample out of each bag and place the samples in marked evidence containers, photographing each one before forwarding them to a lab for testing. The bagged marijuana can then be incinerated or otherwise destroyed. The samples and photographs are all that’s needed in court along with the testimony of the investigating officers.
The same process can be used when outdoor or indoor marijuana plantations are raided. The planation is photographed along with the drip lines in outdoor plantations or the drip lines and growth lights in indoor plantations. A number of leaf samples are taken throughout the plantation and placed in marked evidence containers. Each sample leaf is photographed before being removed from the stem and each container is photographed before being sent to the lab. All the plants can then be incinerated.
The process of photographing and sampling the marijuana instead of keeping it all saves police agencies a lot of storage space. And it also solves the rodent problem that has been endemic in marijuana evidence storage facilities.
‘STONER MICE’ EAT MARIJUANA EVIDENCE AT KANSAS POLICE STORAGE FACILITY
By Ron Dicker
The Huffington Post
January 25, 2013
Hey, vermin, don't bogart that evidence!
Wichita police in Kansas are hot on the tail of mice that chewed through bags of marijuana kept in a police storage facility, KMBC reported. The three packages were evidence seized during arrests in 2009.
The rodents apparently nested in the pot and ate some of it. "We've got some mice that are stoners," Police Lt. Doug Nolte said on Thursday. The animals were probably attracted to the scent, he added.
At first look, authorities thought the evidence was tampered with, but some super-sleuthing revealed "that the culprits were operating on a much smaller scale," quipped The Inquisitr.
Still, officials adhered to protocol, photographing the scene, resealing the stash and reweighing it, Nolte told KSN.
The mice remain at large but a precinct artist did produce a sketch of one of the suspects with big ears, little beady eyes and a long tail (see above).
No drawn-out investigation or jury trial will be necessary. An exterminator has been called.
Other outlets were quick to make sport of the pothead varmints:
"There are some mice in Kansas with major munchies," MSN wrote.
And our favorite headline came from the Kansas City Business Journal: "Dude, Where's My Cheese?"
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