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SPACE IS A NARC

ou know your illegal cannabis grow might be out of control when it’s so large that it can be seen from stated that residents began reporting the site later after the fire was contained, and the publication suggested that some residents may have confirmed its presence by using Google Earth—hence the space jokes. Realistically though, it took authorities an entire year to get around to investigating the property, where they destroyed and then buried over 123,900 pounds of cannabis on site. Reports state that the operation was the largest employer nearby, but work conditions were grim. “People working on site in rugged conditions that wouldn’t pass muster in any regulated business tended the plants for months,” described. Sources state that 80 people were questioned, but only two were arrested (one for an immigration violation, and another for possession of a non-cannabis, controlled substance).

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