Police Seize Marijuana Plants Growing on City Property

The following is an excerpt from the Woburn Police Department log. Please note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log.

2:20 p.m. police were called to meet with a representative of eh Woburn Resident’s Environment Network (WREN) on a report of marijuana plants being grown in a nearby woods. The plants were growing on a hiking path off of Revere Road that is city property maintained by WREN.

Police seized the plants and transported them to the Woburn Police Station for destruction. 

Other Incidents- 

August 5- 

At 3:21 p.m. police responded Olympia Avenue on a report of a suspicious person. Police met with the caller who said she saw a man go up to several business doors with a blue drill. She said that when she asked him what he was looking for in particular he just said, “all set.” He also seemed to be in a hurry.

The caller said she called Cummings Property and explained the situation and they said they didn’t have anyone doing repairs or locksmith work.

The man was described to be in his late 40s or early 50s with whit hair. He was wearing a royal blue polo shirt and nave dress pants.

August 6-

At 1:48 p.m. a man came to the station to report vandalism to his vehicle. The man said that sometime the night before someone spray painted his vehicle that was parked in his driveway. Police checked the vehicle and saw yellow paint along his truck. The man said he did not know who would have done the vandalism.

At 4:05 a man came to the station to report a stolen lawn ornament that was on his front lawn. He said that between Aug. 3 and that day someone took a 3.5-foot jockey lawn ornament. The man said the jockey was broken off its base. The statue is of an old day horse jockey with a black hat and red shirt holding a lamp. It is worth over $250.