Stoner dog smells out illegal crop

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 » 05:13am

A British dog's accidental drug use has helped police uncover a cannabis factory.

Holly the West Highland terrier began behaving oddly, according to her owner Valerie Baily.

'She just wouldn't wake up in the mornings, and she was having about 12 hours sleep at night. I had an awful job to get her up.'

It turned out the house next door was being used to cultivate more than 200 cannabis plants.

It was rigged up so fumes from the cannabis operation would go out of a chimney, but air vents, which were located at about the same height as Holly's nose, were left open.

Holly also seemed to have developed a case of the munchies.

'She had her own breakfast, and if the other dog hadn't eaten his, she'd was in eating his as well,' say Mrs Baily.

Investigating officer PC Tim Emery says the police are still searching for the people responsible for the illegal factory.