Marijuana plant found growing outside Jasper hospital

Jasper Police this week dug up a three-foot tall marijuana plant from outside Jasper Memorial Hospital, and now are trying to figure out how it got there.

A hospital employee called police Wednesday to report the plant, which was growing in an area where a new emergency room is being built, according to police reports. That area is fenced in and is not accessible to the public, police said.

Two officers removed the plant, its fallen leaves and the roots from the site, placed them in a container and took them back to the police department, police said. The contents are being kept there for further investigation.

They still don't know who the cultivator is.