Big Marijuana Find in Northeast Texas
Posted/updated on: October 15, 2011 at 10:17 am
SULPHUR SPRINGS – There’s been a large marijuana haul in Franklin County, about 20 miles northeast of Sulphur Springs. Three men have been arrested. The marijuana farm was found near the Hopkins-Franklin County line near the Sulphur Bluff Community. There were nearly 7,000 plants, some of them were up to 16 feet tall. Authorities say the street value of the drug is between $2 million and $3.5 million. Arrested were Arburto Ibarra Mateo, 44, of Ennis and Jorge Rodriguez, 47, and Jose Barrajas-Saucedo, 25, both of Mexico.
