When many residents of a small Dutch village noticed something quite strange occurring at their neighbors’ house, they called the police.

There was a lot of snowfall during that time, and it accumulated and grew. People were suspicious, though, because not a single snowflake stuck to the entire house’s roof.

The police officers found a thriving cannabis operation as soon as they arrived. The heat from the plants prevented the snow from falling.

Numerous cannabis farmers that were revealed by the melting snow are being arrested by Dutch police.

The unexpected effect of the winter weather is impeding drug lords in the Netherlands, since their illicit activities are exposed by the lack of snow on rooftops.

The person who hid the cannabis plant in their own home now faces the possibility of being imprisoned for a number of years. Although personal marijuana use is tolerated in the Netherlands, the government severely prohibits growing more than five plants of cannabis.