Five fields yield 1,200 pounds of marijuana in Chattooga bust
8 months ago | 1463 views | 4 
| 5 
| 
| 
| 5 | |
The bust totaled an estimated 1,210 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of $1.4 million, according to Chattooga County Sheriff John Everett.
“That's 1,210 pounds that won't be on the street for sure,” he said of the bust.
The fields were found Tuesday morning by a man who leases the property for hunting while searching for shedded deer antlers. Once police arrived at the property, they found four more plots containing around 300 plants each, according to Everett.
“When he came across the plants, we decided to go in and get them now before they could be destroyed by the person who planted them,” he said.
Everett said the plants were knee high when they were found Tuesday morning, and had been well tended.
“The plots were tilled with a garden tiller, and they even had moth balls to keep animals out of the plants,” Everett added. “They'd been in the ground long enough to get a root system, but they were raised from seeds and were transported to the location.”
No arrests in the case have been made yet, but Everett said there were possible suspects and they’re continuing their investigation.
About wife beating: Alcohol, the legal drug, is associated with violence and I just used that as an example. Pot smokers don't get seem to get violent.
Many people in jail are there because of violent acts committed under the influence of alcohol.
But you are right preecher, those that govern us do screw things up. There is a group here in Rome that hired a lawyer and sued the city commission and others for screwing up their work for the city and disregarding their own own laws, they are now scrambling to fix the mess they got caught in. You can read all about it under Etowah Terrace.
It is a shame that citizen have to pay a lawyer to make their government do the right thing, maybe if we used a big stick and a kind word they would pay attention a little earlier but that is illegal.
Watch 'em and vote.
but as for the grower being able to get off welfare and buy a truck- i hardly doubt anyone planting 1200 lbs is on welfare to begin with and to make the comment if it were legal the "end user" would not beat up his wife- i dont think the status of marijuana's legality has any bearing or influence on a wife beaters habit of smacking his wife- maybe if we legalized the public whipping of wife beaters that may have an effect.
again i would like to say i am for its legalization- however there will be a need for some type oversight- afterall this is america and somehow the folks in politics and goverment will screw it up and before we know it- the homegrower will be outlawed and the big companies/friends of the government will be the only ones allowed to grow and prosper- just like the corn farmer- all the little guys have been nudged out.