Thursday, May 06, 1999
Police pick off pot patch early
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Police thought they might find a body.
But a tip from hikers about a possible grave site under some power lines Tuesday evening turned into a potential $59,000 loss for a marijuana grower.
Township police were called to an area near the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail by Cones Road about 7 p.m. after hikers made the discovery.
“The ground was tilled up, and the formation of it was what a grave site would look like,” Chief Gene Duvelius said Wednesday — except for the 59 2-inch plants peeking out of the dirt.
“We've made somebody's day very, very bad,” Chief Duvelius said.
Officers plan to burn the plants when they receive a court order.
At maturity, each plant would have a street value of $1,000, Chief Duvelius said.
The discovery of the pot patch was the first for township police this year, as the growing season for the illicit plant begins. Harvesting generally occurs in fall, Chief Duvelius said, and growers tend to plant in places near woods, cornfields and high-tension wires, where police are less likely to detect them in aerial searches.
Last year, the township police confiscated about 50 marijuana plants in patches ranging from two to 10 plants.
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