9,430 marijuana plants seized in weeklong Oahu Green Harvest sweep
Honolulu police with state, county and federal partners seized 9,430 marijuana plants on Oahu public lands in a five-day Green Harvest sweep ending 13 September 2002. Most of the crop stood on remote state land in mountainous areas. No arrests were reported.
Honolulu police seized 9,430 marijuana plants on Oahu public lands in a five-day Green Harvest operation that ended Friday 13 September 2002.[1][2]Detective Emilio Laganse of the Honolulu police narcotics detail called the haul “better than average” and said most of it stood on state land in remote mountainous areas reachable mainly by hikers and hunters.[1][2]The plants ranged from seedlings to 8 feet tall.[1]
The sweep was run by the Honolulu police Narcotics/Vice Division with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawaii National Guard and the US Drug Enforcement Administration, joined by officers from Maui and Hawaii counties.[1]Routine surveillance and tips from hikers and hunters led officers to the plots, and Laganse said the sweeps also protect the public after growers threatened hikers and hunters in the past.[1]Neither account names any arrests.[1][2]
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No street value for the 9,430 plants was published.
The same accounts report separate Green Harvest hauls on the Big Island (12,418 plants in August) and Kauai (4,868 plants in May), different events left out here.
Whether any growers were later identified or charged is not reported.
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