[dank.frank]

https://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7...7446--,00.html

"MANITOU. Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Office of Monroe Narcotics Investigations (OMNI) III of Lenawee and Hillsdale counties seized approximately 7,000 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of about $7,000,000, from a home in Rome Township on Monday, June 6.

A press conference is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today at the MSP Adrian Post located at 2222 North Adrian Highway, Adrian, Mich., 49221. Media will be able to view the marijuana plants seized.

The plants were seizures from a full-size greenhouse, barn and several fields. The plants were in various stages of growth from seedlings to mature plants ready for harvest. Several more fields were located that were being prepared for additional growing plots. Entrance to the property was fortified with a locked gate.

OMNI III investigators received a tip of a marijuana grow from a Lenawee County Sheriff's Office detective. Further information led to a search warrant, approved by the Lenawee County Prosecutor's Office for the residence, buildings and outlying property. During the search, the team located the 7,000 marijuana plants and evidence of an extensive grow operation. Also seized were numerous grow lights, watering system and ventilation equipment that supported this extensive grow operation. In addition, approximately 25 pounds of processed marijuana, $2,500 in cash and several handguns were also seized at the scene.

Two suspects (husband and wife) in their 60s have been arrested. They are being charged with manufacturing marijuana, which is a 14-year felony under state law. Their names will be released upon arraignment.

Participating in the search were officers from the OMNI III Task Force, Adrian Post, Raisin Township Police Department, Adrian City Police Department and Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET).

OMNI III is a multijurisdictional task force team made up of officers from the MSP, Lenawee County Sheriff's Office, Raisin Township Police Department and Adrian City Police Department."

Hopefully no one we knew...stay safe!


dank.Frank

[TickleMyBalls]

ouch, thats a big one. pretty ballsy though. i don't know why anyone would have an operation at a single spot with that many plants, i don't care how many fields and greenhouses and indoor rooms they're filling. no single operation needs those kind of numbers. i wish this couple well. but they're about to get federally fucked.

[whodare]

people who go that high in plant count bring it on themselves, this is why Shutte and Snyder wanna crack down on the law. its always a few idiots that ruin for us all.

either way i hope they dont go down for too long.

Originally Posted by TickleMyBalls

ouch, thats a big one. pretty ballsy though. i don't know why anyone would have an operation at a single spot with that many plants, i don't care how many fields and greenhouses and indoor rooms they're filling. no single operation needs those kind of numbers. i wish this couple well. but they're about to get federally fucked.

agreed and well said just plain ole dumb

[Hydrosun]

Originally Posted by whodare

people who go that high in plant count bring it on themselves, this is why Shutte and Snyder wanna crack down on the law. its always a few idiots that ruin for us all.

either way i hope they dont go down for too long.

Disagree, what people do on their own land with flowers doesn't ruin anything for me.

Now those ass clowns that are cooking meth, blowing up houses, and polluting the land and bodies of their neighbors are ruining the country side, but the fuck pigs are too busy arresting grand parents to worry about meth heads.

[megayields]

Just a weee bit over 100 plants....but props to granny and gramps running 7k of plants.....dyamn 65-70 keeps me pretty busy.

[whodare]

Originally Posted by Hydrosun

Disagree, what people do on their own land with flowers doesn't ruin anything for me.

Now those ass clowns that are cooking meth, blowing up houses, and polluting the land and bodies of their neighbors are ruining the country side, but the fuck pigs are too busy arresting grand parents to worry about meth heads.

dont get me wrong i dont think what they did was wrong, but when we have a law that lets us grow a certain amount cant we stay within that limit.

i mean if him and his wife are both patients and caregivers with 5 patients apiece they could grow 144 plants, last time i checked 144 outdoor plants should easily net 144 #'s. and at 32 all day thats a cool 450k.

either way this guy was way out of bounds and makes the law abiding growers look really bad.

the laws are going to change and hopefully they will use colorado as a model, which seems likely. im hedging my bets staying under the radar stacking chips and when i can open a nice big legal grow and store i will be ready to do so...

[Miss Blunted]

Smfh....greed. In a perfect world 7K plants would be great. It's not a perfect world. Bad press. Don't like that in Michigan. Not now, not with our Republican Dickface Asshole Worthless Governor. I don't know how they would think for a second they wouldn't get caught....that's the part that just seems insane.

[etncrew]

Originally Posted by Hydrosun

Disagree, what people do on their own land with flowers doesn't ruin anything for me.

Now those ass clowns that are cooking meth, blowing up houses, and polluting the land and bodies of their neighbors are ruining the country side, but the fuck pigs are too busy arresting grand parents to worry about meth heads.

Couldn't agree more, Hydrosun.

Who cares if they were growing 20k plants? It's their land, their time, and their life.

[fuzzymuffin]

Originally Posted by etncrew

Couldn't agree more, Hydrosun.

Who cares if they were growing 20k plants? It's their land, their time, and their life.

In a perfect world, yes. However, our world is far from perfect and the fact remains that it is illegal to grow even a single plant let alone 7000. Even if they were licensed med growers, 7000 is way over the top. Caution is the name of the game in staying safe, here. Instead of being cautious, they were careless. Hell, they had entire fields of pot growing on the same property they lived on for fucks sake. Huge no-no. There's no way they could possibly hide that or plead ignorance of it being grown on their property, especially since they had it growing in their house and greenhouse, too.

It sucks that they got busted and I think anybody should be allowed to grow whatever they want on their own property but this simply isn't the case as things sit right now. Maybe one day, though.