Busts net more than $11M in pot
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PHOTO COURTESY OF DCSO and CCSO
An aerial view of the house on Armadillo Trail, taken from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office helicopter, shows rows of potted marijuana plants growing outside a trailer on the property.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DCSO and CCSO
In a photo taken from the Charlotte County Sheriff's helicopter, lights from the grow lanps inside the trailer glow through the doorway. Between two locations in DeSoto and one in Hardee County, close to an estimated $11 million worth of pot was being cultivated before DCSO busted the operations last week.
DESOTO COUNTY — Two grow-house busts in DeSoto County and one in Hardee netted almost 6,000 marijuana plants, estimated to have a potential street value of nearly $11 million, according to DeSoto County Sheriff William “Will” Wise.
The Sheriff’s Office learned of the two DeSoto grow houses thanks to a tip from an alert citizen, who saw suspicious plants and also detected their odor, said Maj. Sam Williamson of the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.
