POT PLANTS SEIZED IN HAMILTON

Local News - Cobourg Police say they are pleased with the results after a
pot eradication operation in Hamilton Township Friday netted $400,000 worth
of marijuana.

A Durham Regional Police helicopter took a Cobourg and a Durham police
officer over Hamilton Township, starting shortly after 8 a.m. Friday.

Six officers using Durham Police radios kept in touch with the helicopter,
and were directed to corn fields where the marijuana was growing.

Last year's pot eradication program netted more than $3-million in illegal
drugs. Nevertheless Cobourg Police Sergeant Dave Cromlish said he's pleased
with this year's numbers.

`I'm really happy the way things have turned out this year,' he said.

`It's a real contrast to what we found last year, so I think that the word
is out there that we're trying to seize these crops and we're going to keep
this program up.'

Sgt. Cromlish said it appears the marijuana growers weren't as organized
this year.

`Obviously they've moved the plants somewhere else, but they don't appear
to be in Hamilton Township or Cobourg,' he said.

There is the possibility the growers have set up indoor marijuana houses,
but Sgt. Cromlish said he's fairly confident they've moved elsewhere.

A total of 170 plants were seized with a street value of approximately
$400,000.