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Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 | 7:30 p.m.
A Southern Nevada task force removed more than $7.4 million worth of marijuana plants from a remote area of Mount Charleston during a recent raid, Metro Police officials said today.
The farm — with nearly 4,000 mature marijuana plants — was located in rugged terrain about three miles northwest of the intersection of state routes 156 and 158. Police said they discovered the grow operation after a report of suspicious activity in the area.
Officials said no suspects were present at the time of the Tuesday morning raid.
This is the fifth outdoor grow site discovered in Clark County this year, officials said. The HITDA task force this year has removed 36,000 plants with an estimated street value of $72 million.
The task force consists of members of Metro Police, North Las Vegas Police, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
Where were the other four outdoor grow sites located in Clark County?
The first thing readers must do is "proof-read" any Metro/SN task force math!
The formula for this is simply subtracting 50% of any number they present...in terms of street value, weight, volume or other form of measurement.
The value of this MJ was at best $3.7 million.
Next case please...
Thank you for saving all those lives.
Oh...you didn't save any?
Uh...thank you for sticking it to the hippies...
I guess people wouldn't grow in national forests if it were legal...
Prohibition is and always be a failure. Legalization, taxation, education.
Congrats! You just removed some 'supply' out of the marketplace and kept 'demand' intact. Therefore, the 'supply' that current drug dealers have is now worth more money to them. I'm sure they would thank you for making them wealthier if they could by removing one of their competitors. Meanwhile I won't go hiking at Mt. Charleston for fear of running into one of these gardens and getting killed. This system makes a lot of sense.
It's a plant.
"THANK YOU for your service to our Country."
Wizard -- right, keep sucking up to The Man. Maybe they won't come for you
"It's a plant."
The_Next -- more, it's a weed. Literally.
"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."
This is just a distraction, they real growing is going on elsewhere. Looks like Metro got suckered into wasting time and effort at a pot that was meant to be found.
Bummer !! No wonder the price of weed went up a nickle....
maybe this haul should be donated to medical herb facility or the patients directly.