Authorities Seize 10,000 Marijuana Plants Worth $5 Million
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Authorities Seize 10,000 Marijuana Plants Worth $5 Million
Central Texas authorities working with National Guard Counter-Drug personnel and state agents have seized 10,000 marijuana plants that would have had a street value of $5 million.
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(July 11, 2008)—Three men were in custody Friday after Navarro County authorities, working with the Texas National Guard’s Counter-Drug Aviation Division and Texas Department of Public Safety Narcotics Service agents, seized 10,000 marijuana plants that investigators said would have had a street value of $5 million had they grown to maturity.

National Guard helicopters were used to pinpoint the plants Thursday morning.

Navarro County deputies and DPS agents seized 7,500 plants ranging in size from seedlings to plants more than eight feet tall from seven hidden fields in cleared wooded areas of northern Navarro County.

Those fields were about one mile from another field from which deputies seized about 5,000 plants on June 24.

In a separate investigation, authorities seized another 2,500 plants from a wooded area just south of 329 Hardy Ave. in Corsicana.

Two men, Christobal Botello and Abel Martinez-Lopez, both from Dallas, were arrested at the scene of the seizure in northern Navarro County.

Immigration holds were placed on both, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Formal charges were pending Friday.

In the second investigation, authorities arrested Guillermo Guerrero, the resident of the house at 329 Hardy Ave.

He was charged with failure to identify and possession of marijuana, the Sheriff’s Office said.

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Posted by: Citizen Location: Tx on Jul 13, 2008 at 07:50 AM

To Anonymous on Jul 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM ---- I'm sorry you had to open your racist stupid mouth BEFORE reading. Since when does Immigration put "holds" on legal citizens? Immigration hold for what? LOL, Yes, we need to hurry and get that fence up because some people are idiots...
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Posted by: Texas Location: Texas on Jul 12, 2008 at 03:15 PM

"Two men, Christobal Botello and Abel Martinez-Lopez, both from Dallas, were arrested at the scene of the seizure in northern Navarro County. Immigration holds were placed on both, the Sheriff’s Office said." They wouldn't be on immigration hold if they were legal residents.
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Posted by: Anonymous on Jul 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM

I'm sorry did it say they were "illegals". Would you shut your redneck racist stupid mouths already... you people are idiots...
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