German Police Seize Marijuana Christmas Tree TokeofhteTown / Steve Elliot / 12,8.2010 Graphic: Reefer Smoke A six-foot marijuana plant decorated as a Christmas tree was confiscated from the home of "an old hippie," who is now facing a drug possession charge, German police said Wednesday. In a press release entitled "All you need is love, or how a hippie celebrates Christmas," police in the western city of Koblenz said they found the big cannabis plant in the living room of the suspect, reports AFP. "A hippie celebrates Christmas too, just differently," read the release. "The two-meter-tall marijuana plant had been put in a Christmas tree stand and decorated with a string of lights." "When asked, the hashish fan told the perplexed officers that he had intended to add more decorations to the 'tree' and place the presents it, according to tradition." Narcotics detectives stumbled on the unconventional Christmas tree while searching the home of an "old 68er," a reference to the groups of young students and workers who participated in political protests which swept across Germany in 1968, reports The Local. The Grinch-like cops seized the plant plus 150 grams (5.3 ounces) of marijuana found in the apartment. The man "more or less willingly" handed over the 150 grams to the officers, according to the report. The "old hippie" in Koblenz isn't the only German having a high holiday season. Authorities on Tuesday said that a 21-year-old man in the southern city of Munich had been arrested for a homemade Advent calendar with cannabis behind each little door, instead of chocolate. That suspect was released but now faces charges of possessing drugs.
The christmas tree is cool, but the advent calendar is awesome. A new kind of bud every day for a month
that's crazy man,kinda funny though,if i was that tree in real life,it be a awesome sight,an i don't even celebrate x-mas xD,sucks he had to go to jail or whatever,maybe he'll make bail,who knows
man besides the part about him getting caught that guy is a genius ima do that calender thing now lol
I don't think you can bail yourself out in Germany. Always sounded like a ridiculous thing to me in the first place.
Way to ruin a guys christmas....Fucking pigs and the calender thing is cool but I prefer the chocolate ones...Its like a tradition I had one every single year since I could first eat chocolate.