Okra mistaken for marijuana during pot search

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) A Georgia man says officers mistook his okra plants for marijuana. <br /> <br /> Dwayne Perry of Cartersville tells WSB-TV that he was awakened by a helicopter flying low over his house Wednesday and then deputies and a K-9 unit showed up at his door. <br /> <br /> Perry says the officers ended up apologizing to him. <br /> <br /> The helicopter was from the drug suppression task force operated by the Georgia State Patrol. Patrol Capt. Kermit Stokes says the plants did have characteristics similar to marijuana. <br /> <br /> Perry says people keep asking him about the officers at his house, and he worries that his reputation has been damaged.

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