Cops Find Pot Farm Using Google Earth
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Stumble ThisSwiss police searching for the address of two farmers suspected of growing marijuana stumbled across a two acre plot of drugs hidden in a corn field by using Google Earth's satellite mapping site.
The wired cops quickly recognized the illegal drug plantation and seized 1.2 tons of pot and cash and valuables worth approximately $780,000. Sixteen suspected drug ring members were arrested in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland as part of a widespread anti-narcotics investigation.
"It was an interesting chance discovery," Norbert Klossner, the head of a special Swiss police anti-drug unit, told the Associated Press. Via NBC New York.
The wired cops quickly recognized the illegal drug plantation and seized 1.2 tons of pot and cash and valuables worth approximately $780,000. Sixteen suspected drug ring members were arrested in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland as part of a widespread anti-narcotics investigation.
"It was an interesting chance discovery," Norbert Klossner, the head of a special Swiss police anti-drug unit, told the Associated Press. Via NBC New York.
