Harvested corn is dumped from a combine, left, into a hopper being
towed by a tractor. (AP/Danny Johnston)
SELLERSBURG,
Ind.—Police say marijuana growing operations in southern Indiana are easy to
spot from the air because of the drought.
An
airplane pilot guided troopers on the ground through browning forests and corn
fields Tuesday to uncover grow sites in Clark, Scott and Harrison counties. The
troopers cut down more than 100 marijuana plants.
Sgt.
Jerry Goodin tells The Courier-Journal the resilient green marijuana plants
“stick out like a sore thumb.”
Trooper
Mike Bennett tells The News and Tribune that marijuana can flourish in harsh
conditions, pointing out, “It’s not called weed for nothing.”
Bennett
says the seized plants will be destroyed once a burn ban is lifted.
He
says the owners of property where marijuana grows are rarely arrested, because
most “have no idea that it’s growing on their land.”
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