Jul 12, 2007 1:49 pm US/Central
Dallas DEA Finds Pot Farm Behind Own Offices
DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ―
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The DEA found a makeshift marijuana farm behind its Dallas office Thursday.
CBS 11 News
Federal drug agents in Dallas found a makeshift marijuana farm a little too close to home on Thursday.
The Drug Enforcement Agency routinely conducts aerial reconnaissance to find stands of marijuana plants. Thursday, agents found some of the plants growing in the woods right behind their Dallas office.
The plants, some of which appeared to be more than 12 feet tall, were growing along the banks of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, near Loop 12, where vegetation is thick and imposing.
Seven separate plots were discovered, cultivated in what appears to have been a sophisticated growing operation with hoses, pipes, generators and a campsite for someone to watch over the plants. Agents believe they had been growing for months.
Then floods swamped the area and put the plants underwater. They have now resurfaced with only the hardiest plots surviving.
With the area flooded by recent rains, and the DEA enlisted the help of the Dallas Fire Rescue Department to cut down the plants. A total of 325 plants were removed.
Chopper 11 was on the scene as DEA agents in a helicopter directed Dallas firefighters, who were in the waters in an inflatable boat gathering large plants. After the firefighters brought the plants to shore in the boat, Chopper 11 showed two of the men who had been in the helicopter posing for pictures with one of the taller plants.
Agents believe that, had the plants been harvested or processed, they could have fetched over $250,000 on the street.
The plants will now be analyzed for potential evidence, and then incinerated.
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