Pensioners’ fragrant garden plants spark police drugs raid

A COMMON garden plant which smells like cannabis has led to a police raid on an elderly couple’s house.

Pensioners’ fragrant garden plants spark police drugs raid

The pink flowering moss is thought to be to blame for a strong smell of cannabis in Courtney Road, Kingswood, near Bristol, which has attracted the attention of drug users looking for their next smoke — and the drugs squad.

Police have apologised to Ivor Wiltshire, 77, and his wife Margaret, 79, for raiding their home with sniffer dogs to search for a cannabis factory in the loft.

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