http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_6756377 "PULGA -- The value of marijuana eradicated in a raid along Highway 70 was in excess of $100 million, the Butte County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday. A total of 25,282 marijuana plants were eradicated three gardens between Pulga and the Plumas County line. The plants ranged from one to seven feet tall, with a street value at full maturity put at $101,128,000. The Butte County Sheriff's Marijuana Suppression Unit located the gardens during routine aerial reconnaissance missions in early July. Subsequent surveillance and investigation found trails that led from Highway 70 up to the garden areas on steep terrain and under thick canopies of brush and trees. On Monday, the Marijuana Suppression Unit, backed up by SWAT teams from the Sheriff's Office and Chico and Yuba City police, and the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force, raided the three gardens. Suspects were seen and pursued, but evaded arrest by crashing through the thick brush and going headlong over steep embankments. After the three gardens had been secured, teams of personnel were placed into the gardens to begin cutting down the plants and loading the marijuana plants into nets. The marijuana plants were then airlifted by Butte County Sheriff's helicopter to dump trucks waiting down at Highway 70. The western-most garden had 8,706 growing plants. Eight areas for sleeping were located throughout this garden with a couple of different areas for processing the harvested marijuana. The middle garden held 4,687. Two suspects were seen fleeing the garden. A processing area was located with indications a large amount of marijuana had already been harvested. Also located in one of the suspect's pack was a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. 11,889 marijuana plants were eradicated from this garden, along with multiple pounds of processed marijuana. All three gardens had areas where brush and trees had been cleared to make room for the plants. The elaborate plots were irrigated with black tubing from nearby creeks. Also assisting in the raid were Search and Rescue volunteers, Sheriff's Office communication reserves, the Civil Air Patrol and Butte County Public Works." and people try to tell me there isn't much weed coming out of the Chico area. pssh. i have a feeling its gonna be a little dry this year. damn
yo i was in sac town for a couple weeks and ive got to say that nor cal has some of the best bud ive ever smoked not only that but my cousins had people tossing me the dankest purple treez for only 15 a dub. not to mention nor cal has some of the coolest people ive ever smoked with. this is coming from someone who lives in souther cali where medical bud is everywhere.
The cops estimates of street value are always immensely exaggerated. They weigh the roots, stems, and leaves and up the street value estimates and end up with a number that is complete bullshit. If I were the cops I would do the same. What looks good on paper looks good for you so why not exaggerate a bit, or in this case a lot.
Burned.... an you know the cops hafto watch that fire to make sure it doesnt get out of controll, or waste to much smoke..... When they airlift weed, they drop thousands of seeds, and they know it, it's to keep themselves in a job, theres always ditch weed to pull an claim there helping the public then.
Well, what they did in this case was to just figure the value of each plant to be $4000. $101,128,000 / 25,282 = $4000. I'd like to know how to get $4000 from one plant. I'd quit my job.
