More than 40,000 marijuana plants found in Ohio in August
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More than 40,000 marijuana plants found in Ohio in August
Law enforcement officers have located more than 40,000 pot plants in Ohio in the month of August — almost as many as officials uncovered in the state in all of last year.
According to an Associated Press report, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation special agent supervisor Scott Duff says he expects those numbers to increase in the coming years as outdoor pot-growing operations are becoming more common in places like rural Ohio. "I don't think they're going away," Duff said.
Earlier this month, the Highland County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI), eradicated an estimated 365 marijuana plants from a property off state Route 247 south of Hillsboro.
According to detective Danny Croy with the HCSO, "We were doing fly-over eradication with BCI, and they spotted this with the chopper."
Detective Denny Kirk said local marijuana eradication will continue through the fall as the season progresses.
State and local officials found about 22,000 marijuana plants near Latham earlier in the month.
"The bust was so big authorities chose to burn the plants in the outdoor area where they were found, instead of destroying them elsewhere," the AP said.
Officials say the people who own the Latham property where the plants were found didn't know what was growing on their land until authorities arrived.
"The combination of hills, forests and a shortage in sheriffs' officers makes southern Ohio a ready target for more pot farms," the AP said.
Law enforcement officers have located more than 40,000 pot plants in Ohio in the month of August — almost as many as officials uncovered in the state in all of last year.
According to an Associated Press report, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation special agent supervisor Scott Duff says he expects those numbers to increase in the coming years as outdoor pot-growing operations are becoming more common in places like rural Ohio. "I don't think they're going away," Duff said.
Earlier this month, the Highland County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI), eradicated an estimated 365 marijuana plants from a property off state Route 247 south of Hillsboro.
According to detective Danny Croy with the HCSO, "We were doing fly-over eradication with BCI, and they spotted this with the chopper."
Detective Denny Kirk said local marijuana eradication will continue through the fall as the season progresses.
State and local officials found about 22,000 marijuana plants near Latham earlier in the month.
"The bust was so big authorities chose to burn the plants in the outdoor area where they were found, instead of destroying them elsewhere," the AP said.
Officials say the people who own the Latham property where the plants were found didn't know what was growing on their land until authorities arrived.
"The combination of hills, forests and a shortage in sheriffs' officers makes southern Ohio a ready target for more pot farms," the AP said.
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