You know how the go-to excuse teenagers use when they get caught with a bag of weed is to say, "It's just oregano"? This time it really was just oregano.

A group of teenagers out in Colorado Springs, Colorado broke into Native Roots, a marijuana dispensary, around 1 A.M. in the morning. First they had stolen a van and drove it through the front door. Then they grabbed a bunch of weed that was on display and ran off.

What the thieves were unaware of is that the pot shop doesn't put the real stuff in the display cases. All the teens got for their efforts was a bunch of oregano.

Police are trying to track the suspects down.

Read more at KKTV.

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