'Enraged' son dobs dad in for 'torching cannabis plants' 
 
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 An irate man has called police to complain that his father destroyed his cannabis plants during a domestic dispute in the Northern Territory. 
 
 Police were called to a property at Humpty Doo, south-east of Darwin, about 6:30pm Tuesday. 
 
 Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen said no charges were laid or anticipated because any evidence of a drug stash had been destroyed. 
 
 "Things came to a head yesterday evening and the father allegedly threw all of his son's cannabis plants onto the bonfire and completely destroyed them," Duty Superintendent Jorgensen said. 
 
 "This enraged the son, he called us and told us everything basically." 
 
 Police said officers arrived at the property and could only shake their heads while the son gathered up his remaining property and left to stay with relatives. 
 
 "The evidence has been destroyed as has the son's reputation... people don't usually come forward to say their drug stash has been destroyed or stolen but there you go," the police woman said. 
 
 Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, humpty-doo-0836 ||||| Northern Territory police say the young man seemed to believe his dad’s torching of the cannabis was far worse than the possession in the first instance 
 
 An Australian man has called the police on his father for setting fire to his crop of cannabis plants. 
 
 Police were called to a home in the Northern Territory on Tuesday evening by an “indignant and enraged” young man who said he’d had a fight with his dad. 
 
 “As retribution his father burnt the son’s prized cannabis plants in a bonfire on the property,” said Duty Supt Louise Jorgensen. “The son felt this was wrong and reported the matter to police.” 
 
 Officers attended the Humpty Doo residence, 40km south of Darwin, and confirmed the accusation, before questioning whether the young man knew it was against the law to possess cannabis. 
 
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 “He seemed to believe that the destruction of the same was far worse than the possession in the first instance,” said Jorgensen. 
 
 Under the Misuse of Drugs Act the possession and cultivation of cannabis in the Northern Territory is a criminal offence. Police have discretion to issue an on the spot fine for “personal use” of cannabis but it is illegal to grow, supply, sell, possess or consume cannabis. 
 
 No charges have been laid against the young man, said Jorgensen. “The evidence has been destroyed. Along with his reputation.” 
 
 According to police the son had been fighting with his father since moving from interstate a short time ago. He has now moved in with other relatives.
– A young man from Australia got into it with his dad Tuesday night and ended up placing a phone call that has police shaking their heads, the Guardian reports. When cops showed up at the Humpty Doo home in the Northern Territory, the "indignant and enraged" son threw his dad under the bus for what he saw as the ultimate crime: chucking his "prized cannabis plants" into a bonfire after they'd argued. "He seemed to believe that the destruction of the [pot] was far worse than the possession," officer Louise Jorgensen says. Per ABC Australia, the son collected some belongings and went to stay with other family members, but he's not expected to face charges, even though it's illegal to grow or possess pot. "The evidence has been destroyed, as has the son's reputation," Jorgensen notes. (Perhaps he was growing it to help Alzheimer's patients.)