German hippy arrested after police find lovingly decorated two-metre tall cannabis tree



A hippie was arrested after police found a lovingly decorated a two-metre cannabis plant, complete with with tinsel and twinkling lights.

The plan was to perform the same routine as any other Christmas Day: place presents under the tree and unwrap them as a group.



But when narcotics detectives in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany stumbled across his unusual Christmas tree in a drug bust, they were stunned and cuffed him.

Happy spliffmas: German police were amazed to stumble across the two-metre pot plant, complete with Christmas decorations

Officers entered the home of the 'old 68er' - a reference to a group of young students and workers who took part in radical protested across Germany in 1968 - yesterday and he 'more or less willingly' handed over 150g, or 5.3 ounces, of marijuana.

But after the police snooped around the property in Montabaur, near Koblenz, further, they found the tall pot plant.

'A hippie celebrates Christmas too... just differently,' read the police report, which was entitled 'All you need is love,' in reference to the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.

'In response to questions by the dumbfounded officers, the hashish fan confirmed that the "tree" would be decorated further and, on Christmas, gifts would be arranged underneath according to tradition,' the report continued.



'Tis the season, it seems, in Germany.



On Tuesday Munich police detained a 21-year-old man after he had created a home-made advent calendar that, instead of chocolates, had cannabis behind each door.

He was initially released but now faces charges of possessing drugs.

