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Clay County sheriff's deputies and Kansas City police Tuesday chopped and mowed down large batches of wild marijuana plants.
The plants were cut down and destroyed as part of the department's Eradication 2004 – Operation Cash Crop. The project is designed to destroy marijuana plants before they can be harvested. No one was arrested.
The effort will continue Saturday, said Sgt. Robin Walters of the Clay County Sheriff's Department.
The weed was eradicated at various locations in rural Clay County and Kansas City, North.
Authorities were alerted to some of the sites by property owners. Other plants had been discovered by deputies patrolling the areas, she said.
About 25 police officers, sheriff's deputies and volunteers spent several hours in humid weather Tuesday chopping down the plants with machetes, weed whackers and tractors. The plants will be burned later.
Walters said marijuana grows wild in fields and along roads, particularly in rural and uninhabited areas. The plant is well-suited to Missouri's climate.
Walters described the marijuana chopped down Tuesday as "ditch weed" that had little value on the streets. She said some of the marijuana was visible from the roads, and motorists often ventured into fields to pick it. Ditch weed can be mixed with other marijuana and sold on the streets.
Walters said this year's crop was not as plentiful as in previous years.
"Farmers are doing a better job keeping it down," she said.
The Kansas City Star
By GLENN E. RICE
Wed, Aug. 18, 2004
grice@kcstar.com.
KC Breaking News, Sports & Crime | The Kansas City Star
The plants were cut down and destroyed as part of the department's Eradication 2004 – Operation Cash Crop. The project is designed to destroy marijuana plants before they can be harvested. No one was arrested.
The effort will continue Saturday, said Sgt. Robin Walters of the Clay County Sheriff's Department.
The weed was eradicated at various locations in rural Clay County and Kansas City, North.
Authorities were alerted to some of the sites by property owners. Other plants had been discovered by deputies patrolling the areas, she said.
About 25 police officers, sheriff's deputies and volunteers spent several hours in humid weather Tuesday chopping down the plants with machetes, weed whackers and tractors. The plants will be burned later.
Walters said marijuana grows wild in fields and along roads, particularly in rural and uninhabited areas. The plant is well-suited to Missouri's climate.
Walters described the marijuana chopped down Tuesday as "ditch weed" that had little value on the streets. She said some of the marijuana was visible from the roads, and motorists often ventured into fields to pick it. Ditch weed can be mixed with other marijuana and sold on the streets.
Walters said this year's crop was not as plentiful as in previous years.
"Farmers are doing a better job keeping it down," she said.
The Kansas City Star
By GLENN E. RICE
Wed, Aug. 18, 2004
grice@kcstar.com.
KC Breaking News, Sports & Crime | The Kansas City Star
