Mississippi uprooting 4-acre marijuana farm

Mississippi uprooting 4-acre marijuana farm

PRENTISS, Miss. Mississippi officials are uprooting what theyre calling the largest outdoor marijuana farm theyve seen since the 1980s.

The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics tells local media that they got a tip that someone was growing marijuana in Jefferson Davis County, and that a helicopter found five fields of flourishing plants spread over more than 4 acres (1.6 hectares).

Director John Dowdy said Thursday that narcotics agents are cutting a road into the site with a bulldozer, removing the plants and ...

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