Pubdate: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 Source: Porterville Recorder (CA) Copyright: 2007 The Porterville Recorder Contact: https://secure.townnews.com/portervillerecorder.com/forms/letter/index.php Website: http://www.portervillerecorder.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2887 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Marijuana - California) DEPUTIES MAKE BIG POT BUST IN TULARE An anonymous tip led to Tulare County Sheriff's detectives removing $4.8 million worth of marijuana plants from a Tulare canal Tuesday afternoon, deputies reported Wednesday. Detectives from the Sheriff's Tactical Enforcement Personnel Team received the call at about 11:30 a.m., leading them to a marijuana garden along a canal west of Road 148 and a quarter mile south of Avenue 148. When the dust settled, detectives eradicated 1,203 marijuana plants from the canal. If allowed to grow to maturity, the plants would have had an estimated street value of a little more than $4.81 million, according to a department news release. Deputies are still searching for who planted the garden, and are looking to see if it is connected to recent marijuana garden busts in the Visalia area, the department said. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake