6000 Marijuana Plants Eradicated in Lincoln County

Some of the miles of tubing removed... courtesy Nevada DPS

Trash from the kitchen area... courtesy Nevada DPS

CH47 taking out part of the hundreds of pounds of trash left at the grow site... courtesy Nevada DPS

LINCOLN COUNTY, NV - Several agencies have teamed to eradicate more than 6,000 marijuana plants in southeast Nevada.

Personnel from the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Nevada Department of Public Safety-Investigation Division (DPS-ID), the Nevada National Guard, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office conducted an operation in which they eradicated a large illegal marijuana grow in the remote mountains of central Lincoln County. Law enforcement personnel conducted the eradication during the early morning hours, and as a result of their efforts, they recovered approximately 6,476 plants which is estimated to have a street value of $17 million.

Investigators say it appears people had operated this site for several years and...

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