Hops and marijuana have similar taste and smell properties and are both flowering plants that may have a common ancestor way back when. But their similarities basically end there. You can’t get high off of hops and marijuana isn't generally used to make beer. But three alleged thieves from Prince Edward Island in Canada apparently didn’t get this memo. 
 
 At about 3:45 p.m., Nov. 26, a hops farmer in Alexandra, Prince Edward Island, spotted a woman and two men on his property near his farm buildings. He called the police and the three suspects were quickly arrested without incident, according to the Queens District Royal Mounted Police (yes, the famed Mounties, as in Dudley Do-Right from Rocky and Bullwinkle). 
 
 After the three suspects were arrested they allegedly told investigators they thought they had broken into a pot farm, not a hops farm. According to the police, the three caused extensive damage to the farm’s crop that was already packaged for shipping to a brewery on the island. “This senseless act has impacted the farm’s ability to provide quality product to market,” according to a police statement. 
 
 Warren Jesse Howatt, 23, from Charlottetown, was charged with breaking and entering, mischief, and two counts of breaching a court order. He was held in jail. The other two suspects, who weren’t named by police but are also from Charlottetown, were charged, released and told to appear in court at a later date. 
 
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 There is a legal marijuana farm on Prince Edward Island growing for the medical market that recently harvested its first crop. The facility is located just outside Charlottetown; maybe the three suspects just went to the wrong farm. 
 
 Corporal R.C. Gunn (real name), the press contact for the Queens District Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was unavailable for comment when Modern Farmer called for more information on the alleged crime. Sad. We really wanted to talk to Gunn. ||||| CHARLOTTETOWN - A break in at a farm didn’t get three people the high they were looking for after they allegedly mistook hops for marijuana. 
 
 The RCMP said a hops farmer called to report a break in on Saturday after he allegedly saw three people near his farm buildings. 
 
 A woman and two men were arrested and allegedly told the police they thought there was marijuana growing on the farm. 
 
 They allegedly caused extensive damage to the hops crop that was packaged for shipping. 
 
 Hops are used in beer brewing.
– Botanists they aren't. Modern Farmer reports three people were arrested last month in Canada after allegedly breaking onto a hops farm they thought was a pot farm. A farmer on Prince Edward Island called police Nov. 26 after seeing two men and a woman on his property. Authorities arrested the trio they say mistakenly believed the hop farmer was a pot farmer. The suspects allegedly damaged a bunch of hops already packaged for transportation to a local brewery. “This senseless act has impacted the farm’s ability to provide quality product to market,” police said in a statement. While two of the suspects weren't named, 23-year-old Warren Howatt was charged with various crimes, including breaking and entering and theft of kitchen utensils, according to the Guardian.