Big Island police destroyed 4,629 marijuana plants ranging from seedlings to eight feet tall in a five-day eradication effort that ended Friday 27 September 2002.[1] The plants grew on 155 plots in Puna, North and South Hilo, Hamakua and North and South Kohala.[1][2][3] Personnel from the Honolulu and Maui police departments, the Hawaii National Guard and the US Drug Enforcement Administration joined the Big Island officers.[1][3] Police reported no arrests or major incidents during the operation.[1][3]
4,629 marijuana plants destroyed in Big Island eradication sweep
Big Island police destroyed 4,629 marijuana plants on 155 plots across Puna, Hilo, Hamakua and Kohala in a five-day joint eradication effort ending 27 September 2002, with officers from Maui and O'ahu, the National Guard and the DEA. Police reported no arrests or major incidents.
🇺🇸 Puna, Hilo, Hamakua and Kohala districts, Hawaii Island · Hawaii, United States
- Plants destroyed
- 4,629
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis, Living plants
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Plants destroyed
- 4,629
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis; Living plants (4,629 plants)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Field
Sources
- Hawaiʻi Police Departmenthawaiipolice.comArchived copyJoint marijuana eradication effort nets 4,629 plants 09-27-02
- The Honolulu Advertiserthe.honoluluadvertiser.comBig Isle police grab 4,629 pot plants
- Honolulu Star-Bulletinarchives.starbulletin.comArchived copyBig Isle effort destroys 4,629 pakalolo plants
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight in kilograms or street value was published for the plants destroyed.
- No photograph of this sweep with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.
