War on Marijuana

In the past two weeks here in Dallas there have been thousands of plants found by police helicopters patrolling the county line.  It seems that "someone" planted thousands of plants on county properties just off of one of the state highways.  The plants were literally growing like "weeds" amongst the other plants and trees.  The news reported that the police helicopter found the plants while flying overhead, but from my point of view how could they have distinguished what was really growning there with all of the other green life there?  I feel like there must have been someone who blew the whistle on these "criminals".

Last night, I was having a hard time sleeping as usual and thought I heard loud voices outside.  It was around 1:30 a.m. CST and all of a sudden I saw lights shining through my second floor bedroom window.  I immediately jumped up thinking it was an ambulance and that I should go see if it was a neighbor I knew that was in distress.  At the same time I heard the helicopter overhead which is always a sign of police looking for someone (I only know this from watching Cops and all of the other police shows that I am addicted to).

I got to the window and saw that instead of an ambulance that I had expected, there were several police cars surrounding a pickup truck.  As it turns out there were also undercover cops in an unmarked pickup that had followed this other pickup into the neighborhood.  My view was obstructed by a huge tree in the front yard and decided to go out onto my balcony to see what the scene was all about.

When I got to my balcony to look out, the police had taken two young men, and two young women out of this big four door pickup truck.  They were all asked to stand against the truck with their hands up while they were searched.  The cops were very respectful and seemed to know that not only I but others were watching.  They then finished their search of their persons and were promptly handcuffed.  Four of the police officers with bright spot light looking flash lights commenced the searching of said vehicle.  They searched and searched for what seemed like an eternity until at last they found their pot of gold.  Out comes a gallon size baggie full of what looked like to me, marijuana.  I would imagine that in my humble estimate, was about a pound of pot.  They also found a little black puppy in the truck.

The four young people, whom I had never seen before, were quickly put into police cars and taken away.  What a horrible thing to happen to four young people or anyone for that matter.  I know where they were going, but what about the poor little pup?  During this entire time the young women just sat on the curb calmly while the police searched the vehicle.  I wondered how they could have possibly stayed calm during this?  I would have been bawling my eyes out at the prospect of going to jail, or even being stopped by the police or being handcuffed at any age and more so as a teen...

The war on marijuana is alive and well in Dallas, Texas.  And how was your weekend?