San Jose trashed plants seized

[215Z]

Hey guys please, please compost your scraps? Please? Yes, I know, once its gone to the landfill it ain't your problem anymore, right? What can I say to urge you all to compost all your grow waste? Pretty please with sugar on top?

Written by Leslie Griffie, San Jose Mercury News, lgriffy@mercurynews.com

Somewhere in Santa Clara County is a pot farmer who recycles.

Workers at the GreenTeam recycling center in San Jose were sorting material Friday when one of them opened a large trash bag and found five pounds of marijuana plants inside.

They called police to report their find at around 11 a.m., officer Jermaine Thomas said.

Spring cleaning indeed.

The marijuana plants had been shoved into a large, black plastic bag, Thomas said, and could have come from anywhere in the county. When police got to the Charles Street recycling center the pot was still in the bag. The plants have been seized as evidence and won't make it to the composting bin anytime soon. Thomas said it wasn't clear whether the bag was dumped with lawn clippings or other recyclables.

A pound of the leafy-green stuff can go for as much as $750 on the street, Thomas said. It was unclear how much of the pot in the bag would have been sellable.

Anyone with information about where the trash bag of pot might have come from is asked to call San Jose Police Department's narcotics covert investigations unit at (408) 277-4115.

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[LiLWaynE]

i doubt there were any buds on the plants....

if there was.. i want to know who threw it away also!

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

someone probably had to ditch a grow early is my thought....
males???
i doubt it was a bag full of 5 lbs ready to go....

SWAG maybe? ...must have been fresh to be recognizeable/not smell

 

[Been There]

Now the cops have mites LOL

 

[coolx]

trimmings

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

'A pound of the leafy-green stuff can go for as much as $750 on the street'

damn that's cheap.......unless ofcourse its just hemp......leaves , stalk......stems....

 

[Woody Creek]

'A pound of the leafy-green stuff can go for as much as $750 on the street'

damn that's cheap.......unless ofcourse its just hemp......leaves , stalk......stems....

hey Boss he's talking trim. don't know anyone who's ever sold "trimmings" for $750 a lb. either. most make your own hash or you trash cause you don't know what your doing.

 

[twojoints]

that makes me wonder... how bad would it be to dispose of trimmings and stalks from harvest into those paper lawn bags that the city collects with regular garbage? without the plastic of course, and i doubt it would smell much if you buried it in a bag of grass clippings...

 

[the Rock]

it coulda been me but I am one county to the south= I have dumped males,trim,stalks before but not in my area, drove a few miles and used someone elses garbage.my stuff was worthless nobodies gonna trash anything worth $750

 

[darthvapor]

time to buy a goat?