THE GAZETTE (Montreal, QC) 20 January 05 Farmer held; snake freed
The police arrested a 37-year-old farmer in Magaliesburg, 30 miles northwest of Johannesburg, after finding 110 pounds of harvested and dried marijuana in a room guarded by a snake, whose species was unknown. A police spokesperson said the farmer would be charged with illegal possession of marijuana and with keeping a snake without a permit. Officials said the snake would be released into the wild.