DEA Agents Raid Southern Illinois Home on a Meth-Making Tip, No Drugs But They Did Score Free Maple Syrup

Early Wednesday morning DEA agents worked their way through the woods to surround a home in Southern Illinois. They where acting on a tip that a meth-making operation was going on at the home. Officers found several five-gallon buckets on the property under trees and moved in.
Imagine the surprise of 49-year-old Laura Benson, when she was awoke to the sound of a helicopter and found several DEA agents surrounding her home. She went outside to ask what the matter was and the lead agent told her they where acting on a drug tip as he pointed out the many buckets near some trees.
This is where I would have started laughing and asked if they had looked in any of the buckets to see what was in them.

Benson had the buckets out to collect sap for the family’s maple syrup production. After giving the agents a full tour she gave all of them bottles of the homemade syrup to take home.
Benson was a good sport about the misunderstanding and thanked her neighbors for being alert. Though one does have to ask, “what was the cost of operation pancake”?