News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: OPP Drug Enforcement Section Cautions Public About Outdoor Marihuana Grow |
| Title: | CN ON: OPP Drug Enforcement Section Cautions Public About Outdoor Marihuana Grow |
| Published On: | 2008-07-09 |
| Source: | Sioux Lookout Bulletin (CN ON) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-07-13 09:18:22 |
OPP DRUG ENFORCEMENT SECTION CAUTIONS PUBLIC ABOUT OUTDOOR MARIHUANA GROW OPERATIONS
The Ontario Provincial Police Drug Enforcement Section is advising
the public, as we enter the summer months, to be alert for outdoor
marihuana grow operations.
During the summer months every year persons involved in growing
marihuana head into rural areas to tend to crops of marihuana plants,
in some cases very large ones. Typically these illicit crops are
located in areas such as swamps, corn fields, wooded areas, along
rivers, and in rural rental properties with large acreages.
Marihuana plants are bright green in colour. The leaves have seven
jagged fi ngers and plants grow between three and fi ve feet tall,
with an odour similar to that of a skunk.
Common indicators of outdoor marihuana grows include abandoned
vehicles parked on side roads or trails, people observed walking in
remote areas for no apparent reason, bags of fertilizer, planting
trays or chemicals located in remote areas, well trampled trails in
wooded or swamp areas, cleared out areas in swamps, wooded areas or
corn fi elds, numerous signs appear out of nowhere indicating "No Trespassing."
Typically, marihuana crops will be harvested from late August up to
the beginning of October.
What to do if you discover an outdoor marihuana operation:
Call your local police or Crime Stoppers as soon as possible if you
suspect or locate a marihuana grow operation. Do not touch the
marihuana plants due to possible chemicals on the plants.
If confronted by a marihuana grower, do not confront. Immediately
leave the area. If possible, record any licence plates and notify police.
Be aware that in some cases outdoor marihuana grows are guarded or
protected by booby traps. If discovered, do not enter the grow
location. Turn around and immediately leave the area the same way you came in.
The Ontario Provincial Police drug enforcement section will once
again be out in full force this summer searching for and eradicating
marihuana grow operations.
Contact: Ontario
Provincial Police at 1-
888-310-1122, on cellular
at *OPP
or Crime Stoppers
1- 800 -222 - TIPS
The Ontario Provincial Police Drug Enforcement Section is advising
the public, as we enter the summer months, to be alert for outdoor
marihuana grow operations.
During the summer months every year persons involved in growing
marihuana head into rural areas to tend to crops of marihuana plants,
in some cases very large ones. Typically these illicit crops are
located in areas such as swamps, corn fields, wooded areas, along
rivers, and in rural rental properties with large acreages.
Marihuana plants are bright green in colour. The leaves have seven
jagged fi ngers and plants grow between three and fi ve feet tall,
with an odour similar to that of a skunk.
Common indicators of outdoor marihuana grows include abandoned
vehicles parked on side roads or trails, people observed walking in
remote areas for no apparent reason, bags of fertilizer, planting
trays or chemicals located in remote areas, well trampled trails in
wooded or swamp areas, cleared out areas in swamps, wooded areas or
corn fi elds, numerous signs appear out of nowhere indicating "No Trespassing."
Typically, marihuana crops will be harvested from late August up to
the beginning of October.
What to do if you discover an outdoor marihuana operation:
Call your local police or Crime Stoppers as soon as possible if you
suspect or locate a marihuana grow operation. Do not touch the
marihuana plants due to possible chemicals on the plants.
If confronted by a marihuana grower, do not confront. Immediately
leave the area. If possible, record any licence plates and notify police.
Be aware that in some cases outdoor marihuana grows are guarded or
protected by booby traps. If discovered, do not enter the grow
location. Turn around and immediately leave the area the same way you came in.
The Ontario Provincial Police drug enforcement section will once
again be out in full force this summer searching for and eradicating
marihuana grow operations.
Contact: Ontario
Provincial Police at 1-
888-310-1122, on cellular
at *OPP
or Crime Stoppers
1- 800 -222 - TIPS
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