Alabama Gop County Chairman Arrested Growing Weed

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/16/alabama-gop-county-chairman-resigns-after-being-arrested-for-growing-marijuana/
 
The chairman of the Alabama's Cherokee County Republican Party resigned this week in the wake of his arrest last Friday for growing multiple marijuana plants on his property.
The Gadsden Times reported that 52-year-old John Loyd Ellis was arrested after a routine marijuana eradication operation spotted the plants from the air.
State party chairman Bill Armistead said that the Alabama GOP has no comment about the arrest except to say, “We will allow legal and judicial system to follow its course.”
\nEllis has been charged with first-degree unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Sheriff Joe Shaver told the Times that Cherokee County routinely conducts marijuana eradication efforts in conjunction with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation.
“We've always participated, as long as I can remember,” said Shaver, adding that county officials found and destroyed some 600 plants in recent weeks, although only one person aside from Ellis has been arrested.
More arrests, he said, will likely follow.

 

Here's a better link that has a few pictures
 
http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2014/07/cherokee_county_authorities_ar.html
 
 
I also stumbled across this link..a couple in Alabama arrested with over 200 plants. They were growing them in big watering troughs http://www.wsfa.com/story/25980642/2-arrested-in-pike-co-after-200-marijuana-plants-found
 
 
They were kinda stupid..they had them right out in the open like morons, but holy shit they are some beautiful plants

 

 
No this guy didn't have 600 plants..maybe you read it wrong. Here's the quote 
 
“We've always participated, as long as I can remember,” said Shaver, adding that county officials found and destroyed some 600 plants in recent weeks, although only one person aside from Ellis has been arrested.