A friend of my oldest son stayed over last night. He told us about something that happened to him recently.
To set the scene....
He lives in a small flat opposite a police station. His balcony over looks the street. Recently the police installed CCTV as a security measure for their building. CCTV is rare in public places in Belgium, as it is against privacy rules.
So a keen policeman looked into the screen and saw the lads balcony. To his horror he spotted a cannabis plant in a pot.
The lad was chilling out in his flat, when there was a knock at the door. Four police barged in, headed straight for the balcony and confiscated the plant. The poor lad was hand cuffed, and taken across the road to the police station. Despite him saying that it was not a cannabis plant, but some young tree that resembled one,he was ignored. He was charged with possesion of cannabis. Finally after begging, they decided to call in a expert to examine the plant.
Eight hours he was there ! Waiting for an expert to be found. Upon arrival it was quickly established that it was a young tree and not cannabis.
He was let free but demanded to see the police commissioner. An apology was given and accepted.
The lad was quite happy to leave it like that. So he left via the lift.
He is now in the lift with his plant. Two floors down, two policemen get in. They take one look at the plant and............arrest him.
This time he was only kept for 10 minutes.
Kevin