Big Island police destroy 9,195 marijuana plants in five-day sweep
Big Island police destroyed 8,092 marijuana plants in a five-day eradication sweep across Hamakua, Puna and Hilo ending 19 July 2003, and seized 1,103 more at a Mountain View home; no arrests were made in either action.
🇺🇸 Hamakua, Puna, North Hilo and South Hilo, Hawaii Island; Mountain View (search) · Hawaii, United States
Big Island police destroyed 8,092 marijuana plants, from seedlings to 12 feet
tall, in a five-day eradication effort that ended Saturday 19 July 2003 in
Hamakua, Puna, North Hilo and South Hilo.[1][2]No arrests were made in the
sweep.[1][2]
Mountain View search
Officers executing a search warrant at a home in Mountain View, Puna, seized
1,103 more plants, from seedlings to six feet tall; no arrest was made and the
investigation continued.[1][2]Honolulu and Maui police officers, the Hawaii
National Guard and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration joined Big
Island officers in the operation.[1][2]
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