INFANT, TODDLER FOUND IN CALGARY GROW-OP

CALGARY -- The parents of two young children have been charged with
endangering the lives of their kids after police uncovered a massive
marijuana growing operation in the family's northeast Calgary home and
found a toddler's shoes scattered amongst a forest of pot plants.

A two-month-old baby and a 21/2-year-old girl were apprehended by
provincial social service workers after police found evidence the
children were exposed to myriad hazards of the basement grow op.

"There's no doubt that they lived in the house, which is a huge risk
not just to kids but to adults as well," Calgary police drug unit Det.
Chris Fileccia said Friday.

"It looks like mom and dad were tending their plants with their kids
right there with them. The plants were taller than a toddler, so you
could have lost track of them pretty quickly."

Police raided the house Thursday and found 254 pot plants growing in
the basement. They arrested a 23-year-old woman at the scene, and
turned her two children over to the Children at Risk Response Team.
The 30-year-old father turned himself in Friday.