"the father was very surprised to see us and insisted he hadn't called the police. the officers then observed his 11-month old child playing with a cordless phone, pressing buttons randomly. it appears the baby called us."

a canadian police spokeswoman tells reporters what happened when officers entered a house in response to an emergency phone call in which the caller hung up without saying a word. the police conducted a search of the home and found 500 marijuana plants growing under lights in two locked rooms. the 29-year-old father was then arrested.