Torrance County Sheriff's deputies continue their search for the people they said are responsible for a massive pot operation, one the team spent all day Tuesday uprooting. Four hundred marijuana plants were uprooted and seized from a property in Torrance County after it was found by two people hunting Monday. The men told investigators that four men with assault rifles shot at them trying to protect the plants. "Where this plantation was very far away from anywhere a local could go or wander off to," said Torrance County Sheriff Heath White. And to stop another potentially volatile situation, officials spent the entire day clearing out all 401 plants from the area. "Today we just went up to the property, cleaned up all the plants, the root systems, irrigation, everything that was left on the property from the operation," said White, adding that it was quite an expensive, intricate operation. "These plants were cared for. There is a whole drip system, water system. Very intricate and a lot of money (was) spent on these plants. So right now we're breaking someone's heart by taking all these plants," said White. White didn't give any details about who the pot farmers are but did say there is still an active search for them.Read more...
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