MEDICINAL marijuana is a hot topic around the globe, and Aussie pharmaceutical companies are making big strides in the development of cannabis-based products.
However, dispensing the drug on the street for non-medicinal remains an offence in most jurisdictions.
One such place is Gothenburg, Sweden, where plain clothes police officers were on patrol earlier this month, and spotted a woman openly smoking a joint.
As they approached her a man on a nearby bench noticed them and tossed a bag of what is believed to have been cannabis onto the street, which caught the attention of the cops, who thought they were on their way to busting a drug dealer.
However, a seagull also saw the bag being dropped and swooped on it as one of the policemen bent down to pick it up, and the potential pot pusher made a speedy getaway - after all no evidence, no arrest.
"What the policemen did not expect was that a third party would interfere," a police spokesperson said.
"There were also a large number of seagulls at the site, one of them saw his chance and picked up the bag and lifted quickly with the 'booty'.
"As quickly as the seagull disappeared, so did the man who threw the bag away.
"The policemen stood and watched the evidence disappear into the sky."
The smoker was not so lucky.
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