Harry Potter's Jamie Waylett arrested with more than $2900 of Pot in his bedroom

[RVR II]

From TheSun

Cops Find Pot Farm in Bedroom of 'Harry Potter' Star

A teenage star of the Harry Potter films has been arrested after cops found a cannabis farm worth more than $2,900 in his bedroom.

Drug squad officers swooped on 19-year-old Jamie Waylett — famed as bullying Hogwarts School pupil Vincent Crabbe in the wizard movies — after a tip-off.

Police first stopped him in an Audi car and discovered eight bags of pot inside the vehicle.
Waylett and a pal in the vehicle, also 19, were held at the scene on suspicion of possession.

Cops then raided the home the actor shares with his mom Theresa, two brothers and a sister — and seized ten mature cannabis plants valued at about $2,900.

The plants were growing under powerful hydroponic lights beside the actor's DJ decks and a PlayStation.

Waylett was further arrested on suspicion of production of a Class B drug.

Where's Dumbledore when you need him?

[RoninFox]

That's Slytherin for you.

[Bob]

Whew, I bet England is feeling much safer today now that horrible crime spree has come to a halt.

[Tripe]

When did Pot become a class B drug?

EDIT: Oh, wait a minute, it might mean he was playing with his chemistry set up in his room.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Why does the fact that the plants were sitting next to his dj decks and Playstation make it into the story?

This kind of '"crime" could be getting him mandatory 10 years or whatever.....

Michael Vick gets less than a year?

Yeah, seems fair.   

[anais.jude]

why is this news? He wasn't Draco, he was some bit player.

[RVR II]

why is this news? He wasn't Draco, he was some bit player.

Guess cause he's look to as some sort of 'roll model' staring in a kids movie er something..

[kodiakthejuggler]

The news part is because Jamie Waylett was in a car accident when he was a child, and almost died. The fact that he bounced back to full health and became an actor who got a part in the Harry Potter franchise is why this is big news. Luckily it was only pot, and not some horrendous drug like any of the myriad drugs Amy Winehouse abuses.

[gbeenie]

Ha! "Roll" model. I GET IT!

[gbeenie]

Luckily it was only pot, and not some horrendous drug like any of the myriad drugs Amy Winehouse abuses.

The drug Amy Winehouse abuses the most is fame (and she is NOT gonna live forever).

[RVR II]

Ha! "Roll" model. I GET IT!

[MSTJedi]

Where's Dumbledore when you need him?

Dead, I tell you! DEAD!

[dalem]

Minus 50 points from Slytherin.

Minus 5 points from the franchise.

-dale

[ebeth]

10 Mature Pot plants are worth only $2900.00?  Has the economy screwed with pot inflation as well?

[Tripe]

I'm thinking this is actually the important section of the report:

Waylett was further arrested on suspicion of production of a Class B drug.

I think the police press release or spokesman probably just let the reporter know the cost of everything seized, but Pot is more fun to focus on if you're a tabloid, rather than the other substance that may or may not sound like a school subject Barbie finds to be hard.