Drone recon leads police to 86 cannabis plants in Toledo
A police drone recon in a remote part of Toledo District found cannabis drying under a zinc-roofed structure in a corn field and a second cultivation site nearby. Officers uprooted and burned 86 plants, three to seven feet tall.
Law enforcement officers flew a reconnaissance drone assigned to the Special Branch office
over a remote area of Toledo District, and its aerial scan led them to a corn field.[1]There they found cannabis plants hanging to dry beneath a small structure with zinc roofing,
and a further check of the surroundings revealed a second site where more plants were being
cultivated.[1]
Officers went to both locations and uprooted every plant found, destroying 86 cannabis
plants, three to seven feet tall, by fire.[1]The account names no arrests and no owners
of the sites.[1]
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