Michigan authorities seize 1,000 marijuana plants

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Sep 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM EST

Story Updated: Sep 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM EST

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Drug enforcement officials say they have seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants worth more than $1 million from remote areas in six Michigan counties.

WJRT-TV reported Wednesday one man has been arrested and 17 other growers are being investigated in connection with the growing operations in Saginaw, Bay, Midland, Gladwin, Isabella and Arenac counties.

Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team and local law enforcement officials say they used a plane to spot marijuana plants, which were located in farm fields, ditch lines, river bottoms and on residential property.

Police say seizing the marijuana before harvesting will prevent other crimes.

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Information from: WJRT-TV, http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt

Thursday, Sep 4 at 9:14 PM America wrote ...

Knuckle heads

Thursday, Sep 4 at 1:56 PM UH OH.. wrote ...

Here we go again! Legalize it, then law enforcement does not need to spend the time and money trying to catch these hard core criminals. And the government can tax the users.

Thursday, Sep 4 at 12:18 PM Blutnick wrote ...

Another glorious win in the war on drugs! 1,000 weeds dead and the only casualties were maybe around $50,000 in tax payers' money along with the loss of police productivity for dozens of hours. I love the smell of THC in the morning.

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