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Pot Farm Larger Than Thought!
Posted by FoM on August 13, 1999 at 21:00:40 PT
News-Press Staff Report
Source: News Press
Drug-enforcement agents said Thursday that an illegal backcountry marijuana garden they raided earlier this week contained more plants than originally estimated.
The illicit patch in Los Padres National Forest near Paradise Road was at first thought to hold between 5,000 and 7,000 plants. But as efforts to cut and remove the crop for destruction continued Thursday, that estimate increased to 10,000, said Kathy Good, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service.In addition, 398 plants were discovered in five smaller gardens in the same vicinity. Authorities believe they were being tended by other suspects.The removal operation is expected to continue today, she said.Because authorities said the approximate street value of each of the plants from the main garden is about $3,000, the estimated value of the pot seized increased from at least $15 million to at least $30 million.The raid at the main garden started late Tuesday. Two men suspected of growing the crop and living at the garden, along Bear Creek about one-quarter mile from Highway 154, fled. The suspects had not been caught by late Thursday.The garden the pair allegedly tended was described by officials as the largest found in Santa Barbara County since 1989, when anti-drug agents raided a 13,000-plant marijuana farm near Cuyama.Pubdate: August 13, 1999http://news.newspress.com/local/drugs.htmMarijuana Plants Estimated At $15 Million Found-8/11/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2444.shtml
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