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US KY: Mountains of Marijuana

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1136/a02.html
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Pubdate: Sun, 30 Sep 2007
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2007 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Note: Only publishes local LTEs
Author: Chris Kenning
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

MOUNTAINS OF MARIJUANA

BARBOURVILLE, Ky.  - Deep in the Appalachian woods near the Knox-Bell county line, Kentucky State Police Trooper Dewayne Holden's Humvee belched smoke and roared as it struggled up what once was an old logging trail.

As his three-truck convoy stopped at a clearing atop a 3,000-foot ridge, Holden grabbed a machete and joined eight other armed troopers and National Guardsmen, hiking toward a hill under some power lines.

Keeping an eye out for nail pits, pipe bombs and poison-snake booby traps, they found fresh ATV tracks.

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MAP posted-by: Steve Heath

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