Man Strolling With Pot Plants Busted

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Aaron Janssen made it way too easy. Janssen, 36,
was arrested on marijuana charges Thursday, after he was spotted taking
a leisurely stroll through downtown, carrying his recently harvested pot
plants.

Polk County Chief Deputy Mark Burdock said he did a double-take when he
looked out his office window at the county jail and saw Janssen walking
down the sidewalk, carrying his freshly harvested crop.

``I look out the window ... , and I see him walking north carrying a
green leafy substance, all pulled up by its roots,'' Burdock said. ``He
was carrying it like you'd carry a bundle of presents. It was tall
enough where he was looking over the top of them, and he's just walking
like nothing's going on.''

Burdock said he went outside and yelled at Janssen, who walked right
over to him, still carrying the plants.

Janssen said the plants were part of his marijuana grown near the Des
Moines River, but wouldn't say exactly where, Burdock said.

Deputies also found two two-pound bags of processed marijuana strapped
to each of Janssen's legs, and a third wrapped in a sweater.

Burdock said the marijuana had an estimated street value of about
$2,000.

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Damn what a dumb idiot. Your carrying an illegal substance and a cop
yells for you to come here and you do. Any idiot would have ran and a
smarter idiot would drop the load and ran. A smart pot grower knows not
to be seen with the crop. The ways of hiding it are not going to be
discussed other than go fishing with a large but empty tackle box for a
planting next to a river. You could make all the trips you wanted and
never get caught.

I guess that falls into a category of the worlds dumbest criminals.

It sure does. He will be sent away for a while now because he admitted
to growing it. So he will get manufactering with intent to sell and will
also be charged with intent to sell as he had 2 pounds of processed
grass with him.

I will say this was the first time I saw a cop say the pot was worth
about even or less than its real street value. A pound locally for Mexy
compressed is $750. Fresh green dried buds though can bring $2K a pound
but most of the time it is more like $1K to $1500. So 2 pounds of
processed would be atleast $1500 and there is no telling how much he was
carrying. I was glad to see something closer to real life numbers.