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Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department officials hauled away marijuana plants they said were worth $35 million from private property near the San Antonio Valley early Thursday morning.
The department found about 18,000 plants, the largest find in the county this season, said Lt. Marvin Harper.
"This is a huge grow," Harper said Friday.
The street value of each plant averages at around $2,000, Harper said.
Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies in a helicopter first spotted the marijuana plants and notified Stanislaus County officials. The plantation was on privately owned property in Stanislaus County just outside of Henry W. Coe State Park. The owner did not know that a two-acre marijuana garden was growing on his property, Harper said. Authorities collected half the plants Thursday and planned to remove the remaining crop Friday.
"They had already started to bud," Sgt. Bill Pooley said about the marijuana.
The growers were not at the site when deputies and county drug-enforcement agents arrived around 6 a.m. Thursday.
Harper said the growers had dug a shelter into the side of a mountain. Authorities found fertilizer, irrigation hoses and other growing supplies at the camp. The Stanislaus sheriff's department also collected a rowboat and a four-wheel ATV.
The growers had an intricate irrigation system set up, Harper said.
"Now (the growers are) sitting on nothing but holes in the ground that we put there," he said.
Sheriff's officials have some leads, according to Harper.
"The same people that are doing the super methamphetamine labs are the ones who usually run the big marijuana plantations," he said.
The plants were to the Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant west of Crows Landing for burning.
Santa Clara deputies were on a routine patrol of the area when they spotted the plantation.
"They're searching the region constantly," said Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Terrance Helm. "This is the season for harvesting, so they're out there patrolling."
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The department found about 18,000 plants, the largest find in the county this season, said Lt. Marvin Harper.
"This is a huge grow," Harper said Friday.
The street value of each plant averages at around $2,000, Harper said.
Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies in a helicopter first spotted the marijuana plants and notified Stanislaus County officials. The plantation was on privately owned property in Stanislaus County just outside of Henry W. Coe State Park. The owner did not know that a two-acre marijuana garden was growing on his property, Harper said. Authorities collected half the plants Thursday and planned to remove the remaining crop Friday.
"They had already started to bud," Sgt. Bill Pooley said about the marijuana.
The growers were not at the site when deputies and county drug-enforcement agents arrived around 6 a.m. Thursday.
Harper said the growers had dug a shelter into the side of a mountain. Authorities found fertilizer, irrigation hoses and other growing supplies at the camp. The Stanislaus sheriff's department also collected a rowboat and a four-wheel ATV.
The growers had an intricate irrigation system set up, Harper said.
"Now (the growers are) sitting on nothing but holes in the ground that we put there," he said.
Sheriff's officials have some leads, according to Harper.
"The same people that are doing the super methamphetamine labs are the ones who usually run the big marijuana plantations," he said.
The plants were to the Covanta Waste-to-Energy plant west of Crows Landing for burning.
Santa Clara deputies were on a routine patrol of the area when they spotted the plantation.
"They're searching the region constantly," said Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Terrance Helm. "This is the season for harvesting, so they're out there patrolling."
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