OFFICIALS MAKE BIGGEST POT BUST IN METROPLEX HISTORY

GRAND PRAIRIE -- As many as 50 law enforcement officials from the Drug
Enforcement Administration and several Metroplex cities on Saturday
were clearing a marijuana field near the intersection of Farm Road
1382 and Camp Wisdom Road near where the Grand Prairie and Dallas city
limits meet.

The 5-to-7-acre field, on which more than 10,451 pot plants were
interspersed, was discovered Friday. A caller tipped off the Grand
Prairie Police Department on Friday afternoon. Dallas police then
confirmed the find using their helicopter, and DEA officials were called in.

"This is the largest outdoor grow in Dallas history, in the
Metroplex's history," said Jim Capra, special agent in charge of the
DEA's Dallas field office. Capra said he wouldn't be surprised if the
find turned out to be the largest in North Texas history.

The estimated street value of the plants, if they were to grow to
maturity and be harvested, would be $4 million to $5 million, Capra
said.

The property is owned by a utility company called Oncor, Capra said.
The utility company's security officials have been helping with the
investigation, Capra said.

Oncor is a Dallas-based subsidiary of TXU Corp