you must have never been arrested if you think thats how it works buddy. laugh in the cops face and youll just be the idiot laughing while he gets arrested. it doesnt matter if your innocent or guilty at the moment either way your going to jail cop doessnt care its not his job to determine its th judges.
yes, but stick to your story. my buddy had something happen like this. if you dont have any previous charges involving weed your fine. The cops will take you back to the station if they find u with the crops. you play it stupid being nice stating that you have no idea why your being arrested, and that you went for a nature walk. they will say something like "sorry but we have to take you back to the station, etc, etc" just be nice and tell him if its absolutely mandatory you will cooperate.
then when your there you state the exact same story but with more detail...for example... "i was having a coffee this morning and blahblahblah so i decided to go for a walk. i started walking down these trails and came across this weird plant. the smell attracted my attention. blahblah" just stick to the same story...
they will continue to interrogate you like "stop lieing, we know you did this and that" and just remain calm and polite, state something like "I was just going for a walk, i have no idea why im even here, im sorry i cant help with this case at the moment, but i will keep an eye out for anybody going back there and ill inform you"
it will be a LOOOONG interoggation, but aslong as you stick to that sotry even if it takes 6hours, they have to let you out at the end of the day where im from, even if you refused a lie detector.
EDIT: make sure not to tend to the plants after that cause theyll be watching you like a hawk, and watching the spot...
just consider them a loss. id get rid of the footsteps though. its not enough for a conviction, i dont think ...but its better to play it safe, it aint good having fooprints leading from 100plants to ur house