Friday, March 12, 2010
Licensed Pot Grower Busted In Kentucky
KENTUCKY....
If you have a license to grow marijuana in California, you'd better not use it in Kentucky. Magoffin County Sheriff's deputies say a strong odor of pot outside a trailer led them to bust a very hi-tech indoor pot growing operation Tuesday night in Salyersville. Terry Burchett and Jonathan Deaton were arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana. Authorities say the two men accused of growing the 54 plants used cameras, computers, lighting equipment, and a sprinkler system set to a timer while using video cameras connected to the Internet to watch their operation from a location in Johnson County. Burchett had a license to grow marijuana in California, but in Kentucky, he could face at least ten years in prison. The estimated worth of the plants confiscated totaled $216,000.
If you have a license to grow marijuana in California, you'd better not use it in Kentucky. Magoffin County Sheriff's deputies say a strong odor of pot outside a trailer led them to bust a very hi-tech indoor pot growing operation Tuesday night in Salyersville. Terry Burchett and Jonathan Deaton were arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana. Authorities say the two men accused of growing the 54 plants used cameras, computers, lighting equipment, and a sprinkler system set to a timer while using video cameras connected to the Internet to watch their operation from a location in Johnson County. Burchett had a license to grow marijuana in California, but in Kentucky, he could face at least ten years in prison. The estimated worth of the plants confiscated totaled $216,000.
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