Photo provided by Saline County Sheriff’s Department
SALINE CO., Ill.—A recent find of marijuana plants in the eastern part of Saline County has been seized and destroyed.
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office and the Southern Illinois Drug Task Force recently removed 70 marijuana plants from a location south of Illinois 13 near Ben Road in Saline County. The 70 plants had a street value of over $150,000.
The plants were discovered from a recent fly-over and removed by officers of both agencies and destroyed. Saline County Sheriff Keith Brown reminds residents that marijuana production is still illegal in Illinois.
Photo provided by Saline County Sheriff’s Department, showing Sheriff Keith Brown displaying the massive load of plants.