Syracuse, IN (AHN) -- Two men and a juvenile have been charged with possessing more than 1,000 mary jane plants with the intent to distribute after more that 5,000 plants were found growing at a Girl Scout camp.
Mario Comacho, 44, and Mariano Gonzales, 38, were charged with growing thousands of mary jane plants on land belonging to the Limberlost Girl Scout Council, which runs Camp Ella J. Logan in the area where the plants were discovered by Indiana State Troopers while searching the land by plane.
Another section of plants was located on another unaware man's property. Johnny Coy told reporters that he didn't know the plants were there as he rarely visits his land, which is described as swampy.
Weidman told CBS News that the only way to get to the area where the plants were was by canoe or by wading through muck and mud.
The campground is described on the Ella J. Logan website as having 220-acres of woods, ravines, meadows and natural wet lands. Girls swim, boat, and play-games and sing-songs at day trips and camp outs on the property.
Parents were notified of the discovery when they picked up their daughters.
"where the plants were discovered by Indiana State Troopers while searching the land by plane."
Don't you find it a bit odd that they randomly found those plants? Someone was tipped off. It's funny how they know who was involved as well, were the suspects hanging out there or something? How would they have known. STOP SNITCHIN!
rob the planes find the plants because of the heat they give off. they fly every few weeks down by me. so its very possible they wernt tipped off, but we will never know.
i do find it funny and dont understand why a "professional" news report doesnt say mari-juana and has to use mary jane.
I think the word "ironic" may have been misused in the first place. I believe the matter which it was used to describe was coincidental, but not ironic.
"i do find it funny and dont understand why a "professional" news report doesnt say mari-juana and has to use mary jane."
Since ecoustics won't allow the word mariju.ana to be posted, I assumed the original poster went through and edited it that way, but I could be wrong.
Regarding the original topic, I sure hope this bust doesn't affect the natural "flow of things" in my area Indiana is awfully close! I'm sure it was some nastyazz schwagg anyway though.
"I think the word "ironic" may have been misused in the first place. I believe the matter which it was used to describe was coincidental, but not ironic."
I don't mean to pick at your words Pit, but ironic means coincidental. So to say that ironic was used out of place and coincidental should have been used in place of it, I find to be incorrect.
To your defense, from Dictionary.com: "Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply "coincidental" or "improbable,""
"Since ecoustics won't allow the word mariju.ana to be posted, I assumed the original poster went through and edited it that way, but I could be wrong."
SAN DIEGO -- Federal narcotics agents have seized more than 7,200 marijuana plants from three cultivated fields in the Cleveland National Forest, a haul valued by the Drug Enforcement Administration at more than $20 million.
The three fields were raided Thursday, according to a DEA announcement made Friday. The plants ranged from 3 to 7 feet tall, and the trafficker's campsite included a tent, food and a shower area, the DEA said.
In addition to the DEA, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Sheriff's Department and the National Guard were involved in the raid, the announcement said.
So far this year, 60 marijuana growing sites have been eradicated in San Diego and 128,000 plants seized.
""where the plants were discovered by Indiana State Troopers while searching the land by plane."
Don't you find it a bit odd that they randomly found those plants? Someone was tipped off. It's funny how they know who was involved as well, were the suspects hanging out there or something? How would they have known. STOP SNITCHIN!"
Like Mat said they don't need to be tipped off and rarely are. They fly in planes with special heat sensing equipment. It is very common in Califronia for them to fly for weeks at a time as harvest season approaches. Pot plants have a much hotter heat signature than other plants. Look at my post above to see how effective these planes can be.
But... any experienced grower knows to space the plants apart by ten feet or so to avoid this. The heat sensors can only pick up plants that are close together in bunches. These guy were rookies and morons.
Indiana is awfully close! I'm sure it was some nastyazz schwagg anyway though.
