530 Marijuana Plants Found Growing On Cohasset-Owned Land
COHASSET (CBS) - Cohasset police found more than 500 marijuana plants with a potential street value of more than $1,000,000 growing on town-owned land on Wednesday.
The 530 plants were found near the town reservoir at the end of Beachwood Street.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Jeff Brown reports
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The plants were between one and eight weeks old. When harvested as a mature plant, they would each yield about one pound of marijuana, which is worth $1,800 to $2,500.
"I've seen a few places where pot was being grown, but never this much," said Cohasset Deputy Police Chief William Quigley.
Whoever planted the marijuana used a "guerrilla farming" tactic, meaning the plants cannot directly be traced back to a culprit(s) because they were planted on public land.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
WBZ-TV's Bill Shields contributed to this report.
