NEWSHAWK:   Tue, 09 Sep 1997

SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel

DRUG RAIDS IN IDAHO SEIZE 76,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS

BOISE, IDAHO  ORLANDO SENTINEL: In a mountainous area north of 
Boise that is far better known for raising cattle than for growing 
marijuana, authorities have seized more than 76,000 marijuana plants 
in a series of raids in rugged terrain. The raids last month by a 
joint force of federal, state and local lawenforcement officers came 
on the eve of the fall marijuana harvest. Authorities estimated the 
crop would have brought more than $26 million from consumers.