Balcony cannabis row ends in threat and house search in Flachgau
A dispute over a cannabis plant on a 60-year-old's balcony in the Flachgauer Seenland escalated when he threatened the 50-year-old neighbour who asked him to remove it. Police searched the 60-year-old's home and found several more cannabis plants plus harvested, dried cannabis; he faces proceedings for narcotics possession and dangerous threat.
🇦🇹 Flachgauer Seenland, Flachgau, Salzburg · Austria
A 50-year-old man noticed a cannabis smell from a neighbouring flat and, after
spotting a hemp plant on his 60-year-old neighbour’s balcony, asked him to
dispose of it.[1][2][3]A harsh argument followed in which the 60-year-old plant
owner threatened his neighbour, according to police.[1][4][3]The threatened
neighbour then alerted the police.[1][3]
Officers came to defuse the situation and also carried out a search of the
60-year-old’s home.[1][4]Besides the plant on the balcony, they found several
more cannabis plants as well as harvested and dried cannabis herb in his flat.[1][2][3]
The 60-year-old must now answer for possession of narcotics as well as for
making a dangerous threat.[1]Police gave no exact municipality but located
the incident in the Flachgauer Seenland.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants; Herbal cannabis
Activity
Cultivation, Possession
Setting
Home
Charges
possession of narcotics; dangerous threat
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Salzburg
Date
Publication date
Sources
SALZBURG24salzburg24.atDEStreit um Cannabispflanze am Balkon sorgt für Polizeieinsatz und Hausdurchsuchung im Seenland - Salzburg24.at
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