149 MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED

  ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012, AGENTS WITH THE WEST
METRO REGIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT OFFICE, THE
GOVERNOR’S TASK FORCE AND HEARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE LOCATED 149 MARIJUANA PLANTS JUST OFF OF
OTIS RANSBY ROAD.
  THE PLANTS WERE LOCATED DURING A COMBINED
EFFORT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR’S TASK FORCE, WEST
METRO RDEO AND THE HEARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
WHEN A FLY OVER FOR MARIJUANA GROW OPERATIONS
WAS CONDUCTED IN THE HEARD COUTNY AREA.
  AGENTS AND OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE
MARIJUANA PLANTS UTILIZING A HELICOPTER PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNOR’S TASK FORCE.
  THE PLANTS HAVE AN ESTIMATED STREET VALUE OF
$150,000.00.
  “I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE AGENCIES WHO ASSISTED
US THIS WEEK IN LOCATING THE MARIJUANA.  WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BATTLE OUR WAR ON DRUGS AND BELIEVE
THAT WITH EACH ARREST AND SEIZURE WE ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY” STATED HEARD COUNTY
SHERIFF ROSS HENRY.