PIERCE COUNTY, Ga. – 4 folks had been arrested and greater than 11,000 marijuana vegetation had been seized in “the biggest drug seizure from an indoor develop operation in Pierce County historical past.” in accordance with the Georgia Division of Agriculture.
Steve Gehlbach, reporter for Motion Information Jax, WSB's sister station in Atlanta, attended a press convention on Tuesday the place officers revealed particulars concerning the seizure.
“It was a really subtle operation,” Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper stated.
“We estimate the worth of the street at $22.3 million,” Pierce County Sheriff Ramsey Bennett stated.
WSB experiences that the 4 folks arrested embody three males and one girl, all of whom are Chinese language nationals. Officers consider the group will start marijuana rising operations in Pierce County someday in 2022 with a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} invested within the facility.
The division and the Pierce County Sheriff's Workplace launched the investigation a couple of month in the past after an undercover deputy discovered the power was a fish farm. However after they raided the place on Friday, they rapidly discovered it was only a cowl.
PCSO stated the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Company are actually concerned within the investigation.
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