MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon State Police uncovered a massive, illegal indoor grow in Medford.
According to investigators, 14,497 illegal marijuana plants were found at a property on Independence School Day Road when a search warrant was issued on April 11, 2019. They also found more than a half-million dollars in cash, 29 guns including two fully-automatic rifles, 6,000 Butane Honey Oil cartridges, psilocybin mushrooms and also some LSD. Investigators say the pot plants alone weighed nearly 2,000 pounds and would have been sold for $15,000,000 once processed.
24-year-old old Gregory Martin Day of North Carolina was arrested. Oregon State Police say he was managing the illegal operation. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on numerous drug and weapons-related charges, but what no longer listed in the jail as of Thursday night.
The raid was part of a several month long investigation into black market marijuana exportation from Oregon to several Midwestern states.
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