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RCMP HANDOUT Marijuana plants stand out in a field of oats north of Riding Mountain National Park. A farmer called police after spotting the plants in his 20 acres of crop.

No one likes to find weed in their fields.

A farmer who called police to report unknown plants poking up through his oats is being credited with finding more than twelve dozen mature marijuana plants.

The plants, which officers from the Prairie Mountain RCMP were able to quickly identify as pot, were scattered throughout the 20-acre field, and had grown to stand head and shoulders above the oats, Day of the Triffids style. Police say they were near harvesting stage.

"It is unusual. It was pretty scattered," said RCMP Sgt. Crystal Welcher. "It’s difficult to say if it was intentional because it wasn’t in any organized fashion."

Police were called Saturday afternoon to the farmland, which is in the RM of Shellmouth-Boulton north of Riding Mountain National Park. With the assistance of Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, and the farmer, RCMP seized 146 plants.

They say there is no report of damage to the surrounding oat crop.

No charges have been laid yet, but police are continuing to investigate.