Pubdate: Sat, 20 Jul 2002
Source: Anniston Star (AL)
Copyright: 2002 Consolidated Publishing
Contact:  http://www.annistonstar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/923
Author: Brandon Tubbs

MORE THAN $16 MILLION WORTH OF MARIJUANA DESTROYED IN CHEROKEE, CLEBURNE

An estimated $16.85 million produced from the illegal sales of marijuana 
will not reach circulation after a three-day effort by agents involved in 
Alabama's Marijuana Eradication Program.

Agents flying the skies of Cherokee and Cleburne counties seized and 
destroyed 8,425 marijuana plants this week, law enforcement officials said.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates the street value of one 
marijuana plant to be $2,000.

No arrests had been made as of Friday in connection with any of the 
discovered marijuana.

The Cherokee County Drug Task Force, the Calhoun-Cleburne County Drug Task 
Force, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the Alabama National Guard and 
personnel from the sheriffs offices of each county joined in the effort to 
find and destroy the plants.
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