Child Plays with Phone, Dad Arrested for Dope

(White Rock, British Columbia) A 29-year-old father was minding his 11-month-old son and gave the boy a cordless phone to play with. The toddler joyfully punched the buttons including, unbeknownst to the father, 9-1-1.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constables were dispatched to the home.

Officers arrived at the residence and after numerous knocks on the door went unanswered, they entered the home.

"The gentleman was quite surprised," said White Rock RCMP Const. Janelle Canning.

She said the 29-year-old male, startled by the sudden sight of police, insisted he hadn't made the call.

When it was suggested a child might have dialled, the father objected and said his son was far too young.

That's when police spotted the baby boy, phone in hand.

"We saw him playing with the cordless phone and just pressing all the buttons, so evidently he had called 9-1-1," Canning said.

With that mystery solved, officers began inspecting the residence and soon discovered a 500-plant marijuana grow operation.

The child was removed from the residence and the father was arrested and charged with production of a controlled substance.

Heh, what a dope.