Massive Marijuana Grow in Mexico

[kmk420kali]

THURSDAY, 14 JULY 2011 14:28
A huge marijuana plantation was discovered by Mexican police in Baja California, about 200 miles south of Tijuana. The 300-acre pot crop had black netting to protect the plants and was easily visible from the air. Six men were arrested.

(Pictures in link...I couldn't seem to copy them--)
http://www.celebstoner.com/201107147702/news/marijuana-news/massive-marijuana-grow-in-mexico.html

 

[NOKUY]

Army finds Mexico's biggest ever marijuana plantation

Army finds Mexico's biggest ever marijuana plantation

http://news.yahoo.com/army-finds-mexicos-biggest-marijuana-plantation-192837972.html

Army finds Mexico's biggest marijuana plantation

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), the Defense Department said Thursday.

The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.

The pot plants sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert, more than 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego.

Army Gen. Alfonso Duarte said the screening, which is often used by regular farmers to protect crops from too much sun or heat, made it difficult to detect from the air what was growing underneath.

It was only when soldiers on the ground reached the isolated area Tuesday that they found thousands of pot plants as high as 2.5 yards (meters) tall. The average height of the plants was about 1.5 yards (meters). Duarte said they were not yet ready for harvest.

"We estimate that in this area, approximately 60 people were working. When they saw the military personnel, they fled," Duarte told reporters. A few were later reportedly detained at a nearby roadblock, but Duarte said no arrests were made at the scene.

He said traffickers could have harvested about 120 tons of marijuana from the plantation, worth about 1.8 billion pesos (about $160 million).

Video of the plantation showed a sophisticated system of piped-in irrigation to support the plants, which Duarte said was fed by two wells. The plantation also included some wooden outbuildings, presumably for use by people caring for the plants.

Troops will destroy the fields by burning them, Duarte said.

While it's unknown how much of Mexican drug cartels' income comes from marijuana, recent discoveries suggest it remains a large-scale trade.

Last October, Mexican authorities made their largest-ever seizure of marijuana packaged for sale, a record 148 tons (134 metric tons) found in a number of tractor trailers and houses in Tijuana. They appeared to make up a major distribution center traced directly to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most-wanted fugitive, who has expanded the reach of his Sinaloa cartel along the U.S.-Mexico border since escaping from prison in 2001.

In November, U.S. and Mexican investigators found two long, sophisticated tunnels under the border between Baja California and California, along with more than 40 tons of marijuana in and around the tunnels.

The tunnels ran about 2,000 feet from Mexico to San Diego and were equipped with lighting, ventilation and a rail system for drugs to be carried on a small cart.

U.S. officials say they believe the tunnels also were the work of the Sinaloa cartel.

While the Arellano Felix or Tijuana cartel long dominated the drug trade in Baja California, the cartel has been greatly weakened by government hits on its leadership, and authorities say there are signs that the Sinaloa cartel now also operates in the area.

Duarte said he did not know which group operated the plantation found Tuesday.

 

[NOKUY]

i wanna see pix

 

[megayields]

Well they know how to GO BIG OR GO HOME!

Talk about Overgrow!

 

[Guest3498]

That's a whole lotta middy griddy right there...

 

[OGvenom]

id roll pound joints if it were mine

 

[John Deere]

Video on youtube already. What a waste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54-iQkIEso&feature=player_embedded

 

[whodare]

good keep that nasty foreign shwag outta the US

 

[NOKUY]

Troops will destroy the fields by burning them, Duarte said.

...duhhhhhhh...lol

 

[Iraganji]

Idiots who bust grows actually believe they are doing something. More idiot fodder population eating up the headlines thinking a war is being won. Supply and demand. Squeeze one end, it'll swell at another. The clever cops like these mexi busts. They can feed on the expanding bubble here.

The swine of the world live too large. I say, we let them have mud.

 

[Headbandf1]

Well they had good ventilation!

 

[Jellyfish]

Somebody forgot to make a payment, so the cops 'discovered' 300 acres. That's my guess.

 

[Iron_Lion]

That tent is fvckin amazing.....

Very bad time to be a shwag smoker.

 

[Rysam]

its comin! 50$ for an 1/8 of the schwaggy!

lol.

 

[supermanlives]

Somebody forgot to make a payment, so the cops 'discovered' 300 acres. That's my guess.

we got a winner. how the hell do you hide all those acres of weed. you dont you pay someone off

 

[Strainhunter]

~300 acre pot farm BUSTED in Mexico

~300 acre pot farm BUSTED in Mexico

One field of pot covering almost 300 acres destroyed:

Army finds Mexico's biggest marijuana plantation

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican army says it has found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico.
The army says the marijuana fields covers almost 300 acres (120 hectares) in Baja California state.
The plantation is four times as large as the marijuana fields found at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.
More recently, authorities found a 153-acre (62-hectare) plantation in southern Oaxaca state.
Soldiers destroy such fields by cutting down and burning the plants.
The Defense Department said Thursday that the huge field was found by soldiers during a patrol on Tuesday. The department did not specify where the fields were found, but said journalists would be taken to view it.

 

[dddaver]

I totally agree. All it means at all is some politician or piggy didn't get his payoff. And that 300 acres is only a tiny fraction of the tip of the iceberg. Such bullshit

 

[Puffaluffagus]

That tent is fvckin amazing.....

.

My thoughts exactly, super impressed with that black tarp, you couldn't see anything looking down at it, but under it light was coming through just fine, sweet.

But although you couldn't see through it, it looked fishy as hell out there all alone in the desert.

 

[BadTicket]

I wonder how many ppl will die for this..

 

[headband 707]

Okay I got some questions now lol #1 what about Mexico going legal or atleast decriminalizing ? under 5 grams? whats up with that ?..They have heard of Google maps right? Who exactly is telling them to get rid of it the USA?

That was a huge crop but yeah they do have shitty bud atleast in the Yucatan they need to fix that shit.. peace out Headband707