{"id":210083,"date":"2012-08-31T13:53:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T18:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=210083"},"modified":"2012-09-02T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T21:58:59","slug":"helicopter-search-lead-to-major-pot-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=210083","title":{"rendered":"Major Pot Farm Cleared; Investigation Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=210084\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-210084\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/08\/Sheet_003-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sheet_003\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-210084\" \/><\/a>CHEROKEE COUNTY \u2014 Four marijuana patches in all have been located in Cherokee County by authorities investigating a huge pot farm spotted in an aerial search. According to the sheriff\u2019s office, the farm is in a heavily wooded area near the banks of the Angelina River, approximately 1.5 miles south of FM 343, on the eastern border of the County. <\/p>\n<p>Throughout the night Thursday and Friday, law enforcement personnel from Cherokee County and DPS Narcotics continued removing plants in the biggest patch. By daylight, that location had been cleared, with a count of 7,500 plants. Officials say the three remaining patches were cleared throughout the morning hours, and investigators left the area with two 16-foot trailers and a pickup truck loaded with all the plants. They were brought to an undisclosed location where the plants were incinerated. The total number of plants recovered from the 4 patches was 18,288. Texas DPS Narcotics estimates the value of a plant at roughly $1,000. That brings the total street value to $18,288,000.<\/p>\n<p>As for the investigation, camping and irrigation equipment was seized, as were the firearms, ammunition and other items of potential evidentiary value. Officials say because of the nature of this type of investigation, locating who is responsible for the grow operation is difficult. Investigators said they would make contact with the landowners to make them aware of what was found, and continue following any leads that may develop. No arrests have been made at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHEROKEE COUNTY \u2014 Four marijuana patches in all have been located in Cherokee County by authorities investigating a huge pot farm spotted in an aerial search. According to the sheriff\u2019s office, the farm is in a heavily wooded area near the banks of the Angelina River, approximately 1.5 miles south of FM 343, on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=210083\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Major Pot Farm Cleared; Investigation Continues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 21:31:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210083"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210582,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210083\/revisions\/210582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}