8,000 marijuana plants uprooted in statewide Super Mission sweep
Federal, state and county officers uprooted more than 8,000 marijuana plants worth over $8 million in the 10-day statewide Super Mission operation ending 13 September 2007 on Kaua'i. The sweep ran from the Big Island through Maui, Moloka'i and O'ahu, but Maui County's totals were never published.
Law enforcement officers uprooted more than 8,000 marijuana plants valued at more than $8 million in a 10-day statewide operation that ended Thursday 13 September 2007 on Kaua’i.[1][2]The US Drug Enforcement Administration, officers from all four county police departments, the Hawai’i Air National Guard, the Coast Guard and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources ran the annual Super Mission operation, formerly known as Green Harvest.[1][2]
The sweep started on the Big Island, moved to Maui and Moloka’i over the weekend, reached O’ahu on Monday and Tuesday, and finished on Kaua’i on Wednesday and Thursday.[1]The task force removed 6,298 plants in East Hawai’i from Hamakua to Puna, 584 plants weighing 161 pounds on O’ahu, and 1,060 plants on Kaua’i.[1][3]DEA officials declined to release their own tally, and the Advertiser could not obtain Maui County’s totals.[1]
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