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U.S. Forest Service
Authorities found this processing station at the site, where the marijuana plants were hung to dry.
By Jackie Valley (contact) 
Published Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 | 1:14 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 | 3:31 p.m.
The amount of marijuana seized from a grow site Wednesday on Mount Charleston had a street value of more than $23.4 million, authorities said.
U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Judy Suing said authorities eradicated 4,685 plants from the site, located in the Deer Creek area between Kyle and Lee canyons.
Authorities began the eradication efforts at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and completed the process later in the day after airlifting the plants out of the remote site, Suing said.
The plants were taken to an offsite location and buried, she said.
Multiple agencies, including Metro Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Nevada Department of Wildlife, participated in the investigation, which began after a routine aerial observation team discovered the four-acre farm plot.
Officials on Wednesday said they found evidence of people camping at the site, which included a water diversion system to feed the plants. No arrests have been made.
Authorities said marijuana cultivation on public lands has increased the past several years. Officials said marijuana has been eradicated on about 40,000 of the 193 million acres of National Forest land.
Last year, authorities dismantled 1,481 outdoor grow sites in California compared to 12 in Nevada, according to DEA data.
I wonder if they found it easier to burn a few of the hardier plants down instead of chopping them all.
That is the scam. What is the street value of a tanker car full of olive oil? Or an acre of wheat?
Just a way of cops patting themselves on the back.
Why didn't they stake the place out and find the growers? they could have hide a camera, etc.
Right, we don't want any competition against the violent drug cartels. No competition! We need to let them provide the supplies.
Great work Metro. Job well done. Excellent way of using Law Enforcement resources. Focus on the silly growers and ignore the violent drug cartels.
Great strategy! Big win! 24 Million! wow! So proud of you Metro. So proud of you! Working hard every day cutting down plants. What a worker! What an example!
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Where do I put in a bid to burn the stuff? Having the Government do it is very inefficient and wasteful of taxpayer dollars. The disposal should be accomplished entirely by private enterprise. My bids are very competitive.
These cops are in desperate need of retasking or layoffs.
For enlightenment I recommend beginning @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Guardia_Committee: "The La Guardia Committee was the first in depth study into the effects of smoking marijuana. It systematically contradicted claims made by the U.S. Treasury Department that smoking marijuana results in insanity, deteriorates physical and mental health, assists in criminal behavior and juvenile delinquency, is physically addictive, and is a "gateway" drug to more dangerous drugs."
"Tobacco, hemp, flax and cotton, are staple commodities." -- from Thomas Jefferson "The Works," vol. 3 (Notes on Virginia I, Correspondence 1780-1782), "A Notice Of The Mines And Other Subterraneous Riches; Its Trees, Plants, Fruits, &C."
What they killed is worthless .When the plant is mature it is worth something . This is like killing an apple tree with little green apples . It is worthless until the fruit is ripe .
"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
- Albert Einstein quote on Hemp
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Wow, stories like this completely deter me from even thinking about committing an illegal act such as growing weed. I mean, really, what would anyone take a chance at being busted ( oops, no arrests )? I'm just soooo awash with money in this thunderous economy!!! By their accounting, lets see, 2.4 mil divided by 4685 plants comes to $4994 per plant... Why would anyone even think of doing anything like that?
man where can i get some seeds
>>No arrests have been made.<<
I like how they make-up this story they were "investigating". Based on reports they knew about this after "stumbling upon it" about a month ago. For whatever reason they decided this week, at 4:30 in the dark AM to raid the place. Makes sense to me, lol.
So we are to believe for a month this "massive operation" went along without anybody visiting the site? Yep that is what they want you to believe.
I dunno sounds like alot of self-serving Law Enforcement promotion activities to me. Get the sense an abandoned pot farm was leveraged for some easy facetime.
Clearly this is somehow all Senator Reid s fault.
*inhales'