POLICE RELEASE MARIJUANA FIGURES FOR 1998

PORTLAND -- Maine law enforcement agencies seized 9,900 marijuana plants
worth an estimated $23 million last year, according to the head of the
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Roy McKinney said Maine law enforcement officers also seized 127 pounds of
processed marijuana, 117 guns and nearly $250,000 in cash. They also made
87 arrests.

McKinney released the numbers this week at the Maine Criminal Justice
Academy in Waterville.

Law enforcement agencies who participated in the fight against marijuana
include state and local police, sheriff's departments, Maine Warden
Service, Civil Air Patrol and federal agencies.