Authorities busted a huge illegal marijuana grow in Oregon last month, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) on Thursday (October 4).
On September 22, the WCSO Tactical Negotiations Team and a Clackamas County Sheriff's SWAT Team executed a search warrant at 13275 NW Jackson School Road in North Plains. There, they reportedly found 29-acre property converted into a "massive" marijuana grow operation.
Officials ended up finding and seizing "800 pounds of dried marijuana, 5,719 marijuana plants, an estimated $500,000 in grow equipment, and $22,000 in U.S. currency. The estimated street value of drugs removed from distribution was over $6.5 million," the sheriff's office says.
Deputies also posted a video to their Facebook showing off the property where the grow was happening plus all the weed they rounded up.
No word on if any arrests were made in the incident. WCSO says this was part of an ongoing investigation that involved multiple law enforcement agencies across the Portland metro area.
There have been some strange and shocking stories involving marijuana farms, legal or not. Just earlier this year, a random explosion ended up exposing an illegal operation in Dallas, Oregon.
A similar story happened in Michigan, except it was a garbage truck crash that revealed an illegal grow. Then, there was an Oklahoma man who reportedly lost millions of dollars after authorities raided the wrong address.