Marijuana plant confiscated from Campbell boy

CAMPBELL — The marijuana plant, still in its plastic pot, was on the small side but a nice, healthy hue of green.

Still, it is not long for this world — Detective Sgt. Dave Taybus set it on a desk at the Campbell police station and detailed its coming demise.

“I’ll pull it up and put it in a bag and let it die,” he said as he contemplated the little plant — brought to the police courtesy of a growing juvenile delinquency problem in the city.

As of Wednesday, at least, it still lived — in the evidence room at the station after being taken off a 15-year-old boy who was spotted around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday carrying it at Blossom and Eastern avenues. It was a city police detective who saw him and called the dispatch.

The boy is now charged with possession of drugs. Police booked him at the city jail and released him to his mother.

Read more in Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com