Agents find marijuana farm in NE New Mexico

it s been the site of a huge marijuana growing operation for years but now the new mexico pot farm has been taken down by the feds the d-e-a says the farm was so aborate –
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10 01 pm growers had built caves and make- shift homes at the site eric kahnert is here with an exclusive look at the bust the d-e-a got a tip that there was a marijuana grow near tucumcari when they checked it out they found 350 marijuana plants the feds say the pot was just about ready to be cultivated and could have been on its way to albuquerque estimated street value 2 million dollars it s sort of like a cabin — out in the wilderness — complete with a propane stove in the kitchen here in the living room is where the problem lies that green plant is no center piece 5 07 they had running water from a mountain spring out there they had grills and barbecue grills stoves food tents and little cave dwellings and such -10 the feds got a tip the marijuana growing operation was located 20 miles north of tucumcari so last friday they made their move with the help of national guard helicopters 2 17 as the helicopters moved in we did note a
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10 02 pm couple of people running from the area -4 while they didn t catch any of the pot-growers they did find 350 full grown marijuana plants — ready to be cut down and sold on the streets for millions 4 54 i would say people were living there the past 3 4 months during the growing season tending to the plants making sure they re getting the right water the right fertilizers -10 the feds think the field has been used to produce pot for the past several years and say there s likely a dozen people involved 2 36 they got away for the time being but we re investigating that and following up on it -3 the d-e-a says the weed could have been headed to albuquerque regionally federal narcotics investigators have seen an uptick in the number of large- scale marijuana grows like this one 3 53 the economic downturn over the past few years marijuana is a real cash crop i mean there s a lot of money involved in it - 6 here is what the pot farm looks like now — totally eradicated the plants were soaked down and buried near a landfill site the d-e-a hopes to make some arrests by the end
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