Posted on 09/08/2009 3:47:20 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
DURANT — A bad breakup or a lovers’ quarrel are the leading theories Bryant County officials have for finding nearly $500,000 worth of someone’s property strewn about a Durant area street last week. Just as surprising as the overall value was the property itself: 236 potted, high-grade marijuana plants.
"Strangest thing I’ve ever seen,” said Chuck Carroll, field supervisor for the District 19 Drug Task Force. "That (a domestic dispute) is the first thing that came to our minds. Someone wanted this marijuana to be found.”
"We got a county commissioner to dig us a hole and furnish some diesel, and we burned it,” Carroll said. "A half-million dollars’ worth of marijuana up in smoke.”
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/johnny
Hell hath no fury...... *chuckle*
Maybe the plants were turning themselves in. Or maybe People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants was involved.
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