White Rock dad busted after baby son calls 911
A baby boy playing with his dad’s telephone accidentally
called 911, which led police to their house — and a 500-plant
marijuana-growing operation.
Police said Tuesday the incident happened at about 11 a.m. Friday in the 14800 block of Goggs Avenue in White Rock.
When
White Rock RCMP officers arrived at the rental house, they found the
11-month-old child fiddling with the phone while his 29-year-old dad
sat watching television.
“He was surprised to see us,” Const. Janelle Canning said.
The
911 call was a hang-up call and police had heard no voices. The dad,
whose name has not been released, protested that he hadn’t called
911 and his son didn’t know how to use the phone.
Nevertheless,
police checked the place out because of the amount of condensation on
the house’s windows and found the pot-growing operation in a
locked room.
The dad was then arrested and was expected to appear
in court in early April on charges of mischief and production of a
controlled substance. The child, who Canning described as being a
“very cute little boy,” was picked up by Ministry of
Children and Family Development workers and released into his
mom’s custody.
She is separated from his father and
didn’t live at the house. “The mother claimed she had no
idea what was going on,” Canning said.
“The ministry will continue their investigation to ensure ongoing protection of this child,” she added.
Police
are especially concerned when children are living in houses used to
grow pot. In this case, Canning noted, the child had no access to the
locked room. But condensation, which encourages mould growth and the
presence of spores in the air, is a health concern. So is the risk of
fire from illegal hydro bypasses, though police didn’t find a
bypass in this particular case. There’s also the risk of being
targeted for a “grow rip,” or robbery.
“There’s
a whole multitude of problems with having a grow-operation,”
Canning said. “That’s why the ministry was called
immediately.”
Canning recalled a case in south Surrey about
two years ago when a newborn baby was taken into protective custody
after police found the child in a house containing a pot-growing
operation.
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