Israeli police found dozens of marijuana plants hidden in a traffic island on a a major road in Jersualem. The plants were interspersed with flowers planted by the city. Two planclothes detectives were shown on Israel Television digging up the illegal plants as cars whizzed by. Police said they had no suspects, but said they would continue to hunt for more of the plants.
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