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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Wed May 21, 2014, 12:01 AM May 2014

New Zealand: Cat brings home bag of cannabis

BBC News
20 May 2014
New Zealand: Cat brings home bag of cannabis

A woman in New Zealand has called the police after her cat left a bag of drugs on her doorstep, it's been reported.

The worried owner, who has not been identified, apparently rang the authorities in Dunedin on the county's South Island after she found the bag with 5g (0.2oz) of cannabis inside. ''You hear of cats bringing dead birds and rats home, but certainly in my career I've never seen anything like this before," Sergeant Reece Munro tells the Otago Daily Times, adding the marijuana has a street value of about NZ$100 ($85, £51).

While the origin of the cannabis remains a mystery, Munro says that - until now - he'd never stopped to think about the sniffing potential of cats. "We certainly have police dogs trained to detect drugs - this might be something police could explore in the future," he says.... http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-27486244

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New Zealand: Cat brings home bag of cannabis (Original Post) theHandpuppet May 2014 OP
Good Kitty! OnyxCollie May 2014 #1
Yep! 47of74 May 2014 #5
Now that is funny Tsiyu May 2014 #2
does cannabis have the same effect on cats as catnip? mainer May 2014 #3
I was wondering the same thing theHandpuppet May 2014 #4

mainer

(12,022 posts)
3. does cannabis have the same effect on cats as catnip?
Wed May 21, 2014, 11:19 AM
May 2014

Even so, I can't imagine DEA agents walking through airports with kitties on leashes.

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