--- title: UK Police Discover Marijuana Plants, Hilarity Ensues description: UK police left behind the sweetest note after discovering several marijuana plants in the woods. canonical: https://time.com/4852756/uk-police-marijuana-plants/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-11T14:32:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:16.336Z og:title: Police Leave Hilarious Note After Finding Marijuana Plants og:description: "Oops! 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(Photo by Vince Chandler / The Denver Post) PUEBLO, CO - September 3, 2016: Pueblo County is one of the only places in Colorado that allows for commercial cannabis grows outside, such as the marijuana farm Los Sueños Farms LLC. LSF owns 36 acres of rich farmland in Pueblo County, Colorado, which it leases to four Colorado licensed retail marijuana cultivations: Farmboy LLC, Baseball 18 LLC, Los Sueños LLC and Emerald Fields Grow LLC. (Photo by Vince Chandler / The Denver Post) Vince Chandler—Denver Post/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 11, 2017 2:32 PM UTC Some [police](http://time.com/3844471/police-stoner-to-do-list/) are nothing if not well-mannered. After [digging up several marijuana plants](http://time.com/4292844/420-april-20-marijuana-pot-holiday-history/) in the woods near Oxford, England on Friday, [Thames Valley Police](https://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2017/07/11/British-police-find-marijuana-field-leave-owner-a-polite-note/2401499754690/?utm%5Fsource=sec&utm%5Fcampaign=sl&utm%5Fmedium=2) shared a photo of the playful note they left on Twitter. “Ooops! Sorry we missed each other but feel free to call me on 101 so we can discuss a deal,” the cheeky note read. Officers signed the message with “lots of love” and the maximum amount of x’s possible, captioning the picture of the secret grow operation with the hashtag “We’ve got manners.” According to police, they discovered the nursery after they were tipped off. They also tweeted to the local BBC that the marijuana the unnamed growers were cultivating was “seized and destroyed,” but no one was arrested. Police have not revealed whether or not anyone was distributing the marijuana. 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