180 marijuana plants seized from plots near Old Fort, North Carolina
A sheriff-led group of law enforcement agencies found and seized 180 marijuana plants in plots in the woods between Catawba River and Mount Hebron roads near Old Fort, in McDowell County, North Carolina. Officers took 93 plants on 5 July 2016 and the rest on 12 July, and the sheriff's office said the investigation had leads but no arrests were reported.
🇺🇸 Woods between Catawba River and Mount Hebron roads, Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina · North Carolina, United States
Plants destroyed
180
Agencies
McDowell County Sheriff's Office, Marion Police Department +3
Law enforcement agencies seized 180 marijuana plants from plots in the woods
between Catawba River and Mount Hebron roads near Old Fort, North Carolina.[1]The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office, Marion Police Department, the State Bureau
of Investigation and a North Carolina Highway Patrol helicopter unit located the
plots.[1]Officers seized 93 of the plants on 5 July and took the rest on 12
July.[1]
The sheriff’s office had received information earlier in July about patches of
marijuana being grown in the area.[2]The plants taken on 12 July were about 2
to 7 feet tall.[2]
Lt. Chris Taylor of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation
was ongoing and that investigators had leads.[2]Deputies asked anyone with
information to contact the sheriff’s office or McDowell County Crimestoppers,
which offered a possible cash reward.[2]
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Source: WLOSSheriff's office photo of the plant plots located by the helicopter unit near Old Fort. Photo: McDowell County Sheriff's OfficePhoto details
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Plants destroyed
180
Agencies
McDowell County Sheriff's Office; Marion Police Department; North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation; North Carolina State Highway Patrol; McDowell County Rescue Squad
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (180 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Forest or wild land
Grown
Outdoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
McDowell County, North Carolina
Sources
WLOSwlos.com180 marijuana plants seized from grow in Old Fort
No arrests, charges or suspects were reported; the sheriff's office said only that the investigation was ongoing and that it had leads.
No weight, area or street value of the plants was reported in either account.
The 180 plants are counted as taken from the plots; the accounts do not say whether they were destroyed or kept as evidence.
The WLOS account does not name the rescue squad that the Citizen Times and the sheriff's release list among the agencies involved.
Only one photograph caption was attached to the three-picture gallery, so the two listed photos may show different plots of the same grow; the video on the WLOS page is a station player with no separate address.
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