Published June 3, 2010

After the bust, there’s always the photo.

About 2,000 pounds of pot in Mattapan (Boston Police Department)

Boston police officers were at an apartment building yesterday in Mattapan, executing an unrelated search warrant, when they saw someone flee. The man told them he mistakenly thought the cops were looking for him.

The cops smelled pot, so they entered his apartment. And found 40 bales of marijuana wrapped in black plastic. About 2,000 pounds, valued at about $5 million. That’s 32,000 times the limit of non-criminal possession in Massachusetts.

The suspect, Edgar Gonzales, 40, of Boston, said he knew nothing about the leafy greens.

Here’s my next question: What do they do with all that stuff? Do they, um, burn it?