BEAR-IN-THE-AIR PATROL SPOTS POT GROWS

Bible Hill - A fly-by by Colchester County Mounties has netted a few
small marijuana grow-ops.

The RCMP, with assistance from the Northeast Nova Drug Section,
harvested the mature plants yesterday in the Stewiacke River Valley
and Denmark.

"We located four sites of illegal grow operations," said Sgt. Dave
Darrah.

He said there were several hundred plants seized from Upper Stewiacke
to Stewiacke and about 50 from Denmark. The value of the plants was
not known yesterday.

Darrah said it does regular aerial surveillance at this time of the
year and in some cases plants are grown on Crown land while other
times it is on private property without the land owner's knowledge.

Darrah said police are continuing to investigate these grow operations
but suspect they were either for personal use or small commercial operation.

He said people who see anything unusual should contact police or Crime
Stoppers.