Marijuana Grow Site Found in Gooding County

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000

Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 09/27/2012 at 4:45 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On September 27, 2012, Idaho State Police Detectives and Gooding County Sheriff's Office Deputies responded to a tip of a large amount of marijuana growing in a corn field near 3300 South, in Gooding County. Law enforcement located 3 marijuana grow sites, which contained approximately 2,649 plants, with an estimated street value of 5 million dollars. The investigation is ongoing at this time. ISP and Gooding County are asking if you have any information regarding these grow sites or others like it, to report it to the ISP District Four Office or to the Gooding County Sheriff's Office.

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho