Pubdate: Wed, 08 Aug 2012
Source: Ada Evening News, The (OK)
Copyright: 2012 The Ada Evening News
Contact:  http://www.adaeveningnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1546
Author: Bob Forrest, Guest Writer, The Ada Evening News

LAWMEN THRILLED $9 MILLION IN POT WON'T HIT STREETS

Ada - Growers who attempted to cultivate an estimated 6,000
"high-quality" marijuana plants on a patch of land north of Ada didn't
just pick the wrong area for their illegal enterprise - they picked
the wrong state.

"Our drug eradication program is really a model for the entire
country. Agents from all over the country come to our school,"
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward said Tuesday afternoon.

Approximately 35 OBN agents and another 20 Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse
Police and District 22 Task Force officers - acting on an anonymous
tip - had discovered the plants. Some of the marijuana plants were 6
to 8 feet tall and had a street value estimated at $9 million.

"That's evidence that the people (involved in growing the drug)
weren't from around here," Woodward said. "If they had known how good
we are at what we do, they probably wouldn't have come to Oklahoma to
grow their marijuana." 
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