A rhinoceros enclosure at Hellbrunn zoo in western Austria turns out to have served a more lucrative purpose: as a cannabis plantation, the zoo revealed on Saturday.

A caretaker at the zoo was able to grow over 30 marijuana plants in the enclosure, unbeknownst to anyone else, the zoo's director told the Austria Press Agency.

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Denunziant rief Drogenfahnder auf den Plan, diese entdeckten die Plantage - Pfleger entlassen

Salzburg - Drogenfahnder der Salzburger Polizei haben Anfang September im Nashorngehege des Tiergartens Hellbrunn eine Cannabis-Plantage entdeckt. Tiergartenchefin Sabine Grebner bestätigte auf Anfrage der APA am Samstag entsprechende Medienberichte. Ein 59-jähriger Pfleger der Dickhäuter hatte in einem sowohl für die Tiere als auch für Besucher nicht zugänglichen Teil der Anlage heimlich 33 Marihuanapflanzen gezogen. Der Mitarbeiter sei entlassen worden, sagte Grebner.

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Police efforts to combat cannabis should be focused on dealers and organised gangs rather than individual users found with the drug, one of Britain's most senior police officers said.

Humberside chief constable Tim Hollis, who is the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead on drugs, called for a "mature debate around the harms caused by illicit drugs and the role of the police service regarding enforcement".

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T-Mobile's relationship with companies that use its mobile service to send texts is rapidly deteriorating. One day after a digital startup vowed to drop T-Mobile over a forthcoming fee hike, another texting company has sued T-Mobile for blocking its service.

The reason? Apparently T-Mobile "did not approve" of a company called EZ Texting, which does business with a website, WeedMaps.com, that provides information on the location of legal medical marijuana dispensaries in California.

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