$100M worth of pot plants seized in Ga. bust
MONROE COUNTY, Ga. -- Investigators in Georgia seized 23,000 marijuana plants in a bust outside of Macon on June 23, reports CBS affiliate WMAZ.
The plants have an estimated street value of $100 million.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office narcotics investigators and the Georgia Governors Task Force found the plants on a large plot of land near Culloden, Ga., using aerial surveillance as part of a special operation targeting grow operations, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Local, state and federal investigators were called in to help harvest the plot and seize the plants. No one has been arrested, and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office is still searching for those responsible.
Anyone with information on the case can call the sheriff's office at (478) 994-7048.