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NJDhockeyfan5/04/2011 8:38:09 am PDT

Marijuana crops planted outside Osama Bin Laden’s compound; farmers growing ganja near terror lair

Holy smoke!

It’s no wonder the locals in Abbottabad didn’t know Osama Bin Laden was living there - they were too busy harvesting their ganja.

Reporters at Bin Laden’s million-dollar hideout discovered small plots of marijuana growing in the deserted lots on the compound’s perimeter.

The dope plants were planted on three sides of the compound, alongside some less sexy crops such as cabbage and potatoes, CNN reported Tuesday.

Despite Abbottabad’s reputation as a military city, the discovery is not surprising.

Pakistan makes about $4 billion a year from drug trafficking - though opium poppy is the drug-runners preferred crop.