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To see a marijuana plant in a window sill is unusual, even more so if it's displayed in the window of a law enforcement agency.

That was the situation in Ville Platte Thursday where a full grown marijuana plant was in plain view at the city marshal's office.

This is not something you see every day.

Tommy Colomb says it should be locked up in an evidence locker.

A marijuana plant...in plain view on a window sill inside Ville Platte marshal Eddie Soileau's office and it garnered a lot of attention from passers-by.

Marshal Soileau says there is a perfectly good explanation for this situation. The marshal says his office was given marijuana seeds as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Soileau says he had to make sure they were indeed marijuana seeds, so he planted them and now that the plant is grown, he uses it as an educational tool.

Soileau says this is planting season and when marijuana plants are small, they look just like tomato plants. He says they want to show this to parents and kids to let them know if they see something like this, to let the authorities know.

He says they planted them, he doesn't deny that.

The plant has since been removed from its perch on the window. Soileau says it was there because it needed light and because he does not have an evidence locker or heat lamp. Soileau is unsure if his actions are legal, but he feels they were necessary to conduct his investigation.

He says his office doesn't do anything illegal, it runs a clean show.

But, because of the negative attention the plant's presence is causing, Soileau says he will most likely turn it over to the police department for storage.

State police say there is nothing illegal about keeping the plant alive.

In fact, state police narcotics agents are assisting them in properly documenting the evidence.


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Source: 420Times.com
Author: Nicole Murray, TV 10 Eyewitness News
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