Subscribe to the Cannabis Post newsletter for weekly insights into the industry, what insiders will be talking about and content from across the Postmedia Network. According to the Joshua Wilson law firm, possession of a small amount of cannabis is considered a low-level misdemeanor. Arriving shortly after 4 a.m., the police discovered not just the man, who was found hiding inside a room there, but also the growing operation. Police had received reports that several people were inside the vacant silos. The man was told to leave the room, where he was placed in handcuffs, and the police then found the grow-op on fire inside the room.
A Missouri man’s attempt to get rid of the evidence by setting fire to a cannabis grow-op inside a silo owned by Missouri State University was stubbed out when police arrived before he could finish the job.
Officers with the Springfield Police Department responded to a call of a possible break-in at the silos in downtown Springfield on Dec. 19, notes a police blotter Facebook post. Police had received reports that several people were inside the vacant silos.
Arriving shortly after 4 a.m., the police discovered not just the man, who was found hiding inside a room there, but also the growing operation.
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