A \u201cpotent\u201d smell of\u00a0cannabis wafting through Dunedin\u2019s Bus Hub led\u00a0officers to a stash of buds.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said officers were returning to the Dunedin Central Police Station about 2pm on Wednesday\u00a0when they \u201csmelt a strong smell of cannabis as they drove through the bus hub\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt must have really potent,\u201d Sgnt Lee said.<\/p>\n
They returned on foot and traced the smell to the bag of a 41-year-old man waiting for a bus.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice located a small pill container filled with cannabis buds.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man told officers the buds were\u00a0from his prescribed pack of medicinal cannabis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice provided advice that he\u2019s required to keep it in the prescribed packaging if that was the case,\u201d Sgnt Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cannabis was seized and the man warned for his offending.\u201d<\/p>\n