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April
26, 2007
For
Immediate Release
Annual
Report on Outdoor Grow Investigations places
The
Washington County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Eradication Unit
had a busy year last year and publication of the Annual Report on
Outdoor Grow Investigations proves it.
The Annual Report is part of the Florida’s Domestic
Marijuana Eradication Program and the outdoor grow investigations
is overseen, administered and reported on by the Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of
Agriculture Law Enforcement (OALE).
The report reflects information provided by 47 sheriff
offices and 6 municipal law enforcement agencies from 49 counties.
The Washington County Eradication Unit eradicated 2,172 live growing plants from outdoor and indoor sites with the county. The unit has also produced four arrests in connection with the illegal growing of marijuana, the low estimated street value of this marijuana is approximately $1,086,000.00 “Our eradication team worked extremely hard this year and to receive these kind results in comparison to the rest of the state makes all the hard work and long hours worthwhile,” states Sheriff Haddock.
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