ERATH COUNTY: Roughly 10,000 marijuana plants were seized in southern Erath County in what state troopers are calling one of the largest drug busts in recent memory.
Police said the estimated value of the marijuana is in excess of $60 million.
The entire grow operation took place outdoors over several pieces of land south of Stephenville, police said. A photo from the Erath County Sheriff’s Office shows some of the plants indoors at an undisclosed evidence storage unit.
At least seven law enforcement agencies assisted in the seizure, which was part of the Domestic Marijuana Eradication program, according to a release from the Erath County Sheriff’s Office.
Dub Gillum, a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Friday’s bust is one of the biggest he’s seen in his 25 years of work with the DPS.
$60 million worth of marijuana was seized from southern Erath County in what law enforcement officials are calling the largest drug bust in recent memory. David Goins reports.
“It is significant,” he said. “The Domestic Marijuana Eradication Program has been around for many years… We’ve had three major problems this year, [but] this is by far the largest.”
One state trooper told News 8 that grow operations one-tenth the size are considered large, so Friday’s seizure was a major discovery for law enforcement.
One person was detained in connection with the incident but later released, police said. An investigation was ongoing.
