1,000-plant, half-ton marijuana farm raided in St Thomas
Narcotics agents raided a marijuana farm in Estate Contant, St Thomas, on 1 August 2002, seizing about 1,000 plants weighing more than a thousand pounds and valued at about $1 million. No arrests were made, and about 80 rounds of rifle ammunition were also seized.
Narcotics agents raided a marijuana farm in Estate Contant on the morning of Thursday 1 August 2002, seizing about a thousand plants, from 2 feet to more than 12 feet tall, weighing more than a thousand pounds.[1]US Attorney David Nissman put the street value of the marijuana at about $1 million, and Assistant US Attorney Hugh Mabe called the seizure one of the largest in recent years.[1]
No arrests were made in the morning raid and agents were continuing to investigate the operation.[1]Officials declined to say how they had learned of the farm.[1]The agents also seized about 80 rounds of rifle ammunition.[1]The raid was conducted by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, with agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and US Customs alongside Virgin Islands police, Housing Authority police and the National Guard.[1]
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