FLUSHED MARIJUANA SEEDS FLOURISH AT SEWER PLANT

REXBURG - Marijuana seeds apparently flushed into the watery labyrinth of
the municipal sewer system found a quiet, fertile spot to rest and grow -
the city's sewage treatment ponds.

During the weekend, a city employee discovered 10 marijuana plants, ranging
from a few inches tall to 3 1/2 feet. Police have removed and destroyed them.

"We feel what happened is that these plants have grown from marijuana or
marijuana plants somebody's flushed down the tube," police Capt. Randy
Lewis said. "They were pretty healthy plants, too."

John Millar, city public works director, said it's not unusual to find a
wide variety of more common - and legal - plants growing at the site.

"We've found plants from just about any kind of seed coming through the
area," Millar said. "Anything that's fast-growing."

He's seen tomato plants, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers and other flowers and
vegetables he couldn't identify.

"If you're not too picky about the things you eat, you could get some nice
tomatoes out there," he said.

The city won't say exactly where the marijuana was discovered. The area is
fenced and monitored for trespassers, Millar said.