Anyone up for some Potcorn?

[conjur]

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3882527

(SELLERSBURG, Ind.) -- With about a month to go before the marijuana harvest begins in southern Indiana, police are stepping up efforts to find and eradicate the illicit crop before it hits the street. WAVE 3 Investigator James Zambroski reports.

On Wednesday, the Harrison County Sheriff's Office and the Indiana State Police raided a rural farm outside of Corydon after a police helicopter crew spotted plants growing in a cornfield.

"One thousand three hundred sixty four marijuana plants were confiscated, with an estimated street value of a quarter million dollars," said Chief Deputy Gary Gilley of the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.

Arrested during an early morning search warrant raid were Roger Baelz and his wife, Linda. Police say the couple was living in an old chicken coop on the farm, which has been in the Baelz family for more than 60 years.

"With over a thousand plants, it's rare these days to find a plot that large," said Sgt. Carey Hulls of the Indiana State Police post at Sellersburg. Hulls said the crop was growing between rows of corn.

Baelz's cousin, Bill, a retired sports coach at Corydon High School, said the two went their separate ways long ago.

"My sports in high school just took me down a different road than his and that's where we ended up," he told WAVE 3 Investigator James Zambroski.

Police say the road Roger Baelz took had him living in a chicken coop and growing marijuana on the family farm.

"That's the tip of the iceberg," Bill Baelz said, who learned of the bust when Zambroski knocked on his door asking about it.

"We've got meth labs and they got a lot of marijuana in here, Harrison County, Crawford and all around," he said.

Baelz said his cousin lost is job on the railroad about two years ago, which might be the motive behind his renewed interest in farming.

"You know, it's easy money. And people don't want to work; they just want this easy money," he said. "And you know, it's starting to hit home."

The marijuana plants, which police displayed for reporters in a corner of the parking lot at the Harrison County jail, will be dried and stored in the sheriff's property room. If the case is taken for federal prosecution, investigators only need to keep a sample of it for evidence.

But if prosecutors decide to try the couple in state court, all the plants will be required to be entered into evidence, Gilley said.

After the trial, the foliage will be burned in a special, secure incinerator.

"A controlled environment, with pictures taken and video camera running all the time to prove that we burned it," Gilley said.

Since September 1, the Indiana State Police Marijuana Eradication team and other law enforcement officers have confiscated about 4,000 marijuana plants, valued at about $2.25 million dollars.

Besides the distinctive leaf, police say that marijuana seen from the air has a different shade of green than others plants around it, making it relatively easy to spot, even from the seat of a fast moving helicopter.

heh heh


morans.

 

[quakefiend420]

indoor grow room ftw

better quality as well

 

[Zee]

anyone know the address in indiana so i can google earth it?

 

[Xycl0ne]

Damn, looks like I have to go back to the hard stuff. :roll:

































Haha, just kidding.

 

[laurenlex]

Quote:
After the trial, the foliage will be burned in a special, secure incinerator.


I am volunteering to sit inside the incineratior and make sure everything is working OK.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Zee
anyone know the address in indiana so i can google earth it?

Corydon, IN 47112

 

[cjgallen]

Originally posted by: Zee
anyone know the address in indiana so i can google earth it?

sweet idea!

"You know, it's easy money. And people don't want to work; they just want this easy money," he said. "And you know, it's starting to hit home."

Ya know, the weed wouldn't be worth so much if it were legal

 

[Anubis]

dammit i was waiting for that shipment as well


and quake, you cant grow nearly that ammount indoors, unless you have your own priviate warehouse

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: Zee
anyone know the address in indiana so i can google earth it?

sweet idea!

"You know, it's easy money. And people don't want to work; they just want this easy money," he said. "And you know, it's starting to hit home."

Ya know, the weed wouldn't be worth so much if it were legal

yeah, i love how they say they're trying to get rid of all the violence and crime that goes along with drugs, but they were the ones who created the black market...if they would legalize it they wouldn't have near the issues like that they do now

how often do you hear about people shooting each other over bad tobacco deals?

 

[conjur]

Roger Baelz's Senior Pic

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Anubis
dammit i was waiting for that shipment as well


and quake, you cant grow nearly that ammount indoors, unless you have your own priviate warehouse

but you can grow waaaaay better smoke...and end up with about the same street value with 50 pounds rather than 500

 

[NiteWulf]

:thumbsup: for the cops