Marijuana plants found in Echols County

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Paul Leavy | The Valdosta Daily Times Echols County Sheriff Randy Courson looks over one of the marijuana plants found.
Paul Leavy | The Valdosta Daily Times Pictured is a close-up of one of the buds on one of the marijuana plants. The bud is the most potent part of the plant and is what growers look to cultivate.

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September 8, 2010

Johnna Pinholster The Valdosta Daily Times The Valdosta Daily Times Wed Sep 08, 2010, 01:19 PM EDT

STATENVILLE — Half a million dollars worth of marijuana was discovered by law enforcement in Echols County Tuesday evening.

The Echols County Sheriff’s Office came upon the mulitple plots of marijuana down Bug Road off of Highway 94 West at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7, Sheriff Randy Courson said.

The plants, which measured between 8 and 13 feet tall, have an estimated street value of $4,500 each.

The plants were removed from the Wolf Bay Hunting Club on Wednesday morning and immediately burned by the Echols County Sheriff’s Office and South Georgia Drug Task Force.

Read more in Thursday's edition of The Valdosta Daily Times.

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