WESLEY, Maine -- The harvest of a huge outdoor marijuana crop in Washington County continued on Thursday with 60 law enforcement officials participating.
No one has been arrested in connection with the grow operation and no one has been found on the property, Maine Department of Public Safety Stephen McCausland said in a release.
A law enforcement flight Tuesday led to the discovery of the outdoor marijuana-growing operation amid woods and swamp in Township 37, about 10 miles off Route 9 in Wesley. The release said that the site covers several square miles.
Investigators spent time at the scene Wednesday trying to identify the growers. Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Director Roy McKinney said in the release that two more buildings were found on the property.
They also harvested 500 full-grown marijuana plants on Wednesday. Some of the plants stood more than 8 feet tall. McKinney said that a larger marijuana plant would yield more than a pound each of marijuana.
The street value of a pound of marijuana is $2,000.
"We're talking thousands of plants," Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said on Wednesday.
This month marks the end of the marijuana-growing season. McCausland said that when members of a law enforcement agency spotted the crop in a flight Tuesday, growers began to set plants on fire.
Seizure of the plants could last until the end of the week.
"This has the makings of the largest crop ever seized by law enforcement in Maine," McCausland said.
Members of the state fire marshal's office, state police, Maine game wardens, Maine forest service, Washington County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Border Patrol and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency are helping the Maine DEA at the site.
The Salvation Army has set up a canteen on the site to help feed law enforcement officials.
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I for one will boycott the SALVATION army!

Well irony is best in plain sight.

The Salvation army was sent to  scavenge the potfield.

The state is broke and there is a pile of money growing.      Seems there would be ways for people to make money and pay money on the already enacted state income tax.     Whats with all this legalize and tax B/S?   If you make money then you may be legally obliged to pay a state tax its in the U.S. constitution 10th amendment states rights.   Making Money, is making money.  some company's sell bombs some sell prized plants.     Destructive Battle Ships are a part of Maine's economy, and no one is trying to shut down that racket.    

I like the idea of a salvation army, group of people the salvage things repair old vehicles keep old equipment operational and teach others how to use what we already have. In other news the Salvia Army was out teaching problematic kids that reality is a bitch.  The Sativa Army purchased some prized afghanistan bud and donated it to the blind.