‘Floating’ cannabis found on Lake Neusiedl

Police found a total of 42 potted cannabis plants that were well hidden in a patch of dense reeds.

The owner was due to harvest the buds in a few weeks. The police stumbled upon the plants by accident, which were growing on the border of Burgenland and Hungary.

The gardener – who is also a keen angler who spends a lot of time at the lake – said that he bought the hemp seeds in Austria and was growing the plants for his own use.

If police can prove that he was selling the drug he could face up to eight years in Hungarian prison.