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OPP Dig Up $10M in Pot Plants
Posted by FoM on September 04, 1999 at 06:51:33 PT
By Lisa Lisle -- Ottawa Sun
Source: Ottawa Sun
There's more than corn growing in fields east of Ottawa. In what's being hailed as one of the province's largest drug seizures in recent years, area OPP detachments, along with the provincial police's drug enforcement section, yanked about 10,000 marijuana plants from fields in Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry and Prescott-Russell counties over the past week. 
The plants -- many between four and five feet tall -- are valued at almost $10 million. The drugs were found in the middle of unsuspecting farmers' fields, woodlots and along riverbanks. While most of the smaller pot plots were found after months of work by local OPP officers, Det. Const. Glenn Holland said the largest plot -- 4,819 plants valued at about $5 million -- was found by accident Tuesday in North Glengarry Twp. Holland said the drug officers will fly over areas suspected of having marijuana crops and sometimes uncover more than expected. "When they're that big, they just jump out," Holland said. "The beautiful lush green marijuana plants really stand out from the corn."  CHARGES Denis Beaumont, 34, of Terre Bonne, Que., is facing charges in connection with the North Glengarry Twp. plot. He's charged with production of a controlled substance. Holland said police are still investigating other plots, which range in size from 17 plants to the close to 1,475 plants found Thursday near Embrun. Police do not believe the numerous plots are all linked. "The trend now is to have your marijuana growing on someone else's property and scattered in different areas," said Const. Pierre Dubois. Pubdate: September 4, 1999
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