Pubdate: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 Source: Cowichan News Leader (CN BC) Copyright: 2010 Cowichan News Leader Contact: http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1314 Author: Krista Siefken Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) RCMP WEED ERADICATION CONTINUES Local Mounties continue to help local residents with their backyard weed problems. Thanks to RCMP helicopter surveillance, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP uprooted 28 marijuana plants on Friday. The plants were discovered on four separate plots at a Castley Road residence. "Some of the plants were sizable and reaching maturity when police attended," Const. Markus Lueder said in an email. "Outdoor grow-ops are readily located by trained RCMP pilots and crew, even from significant altitudes," he added. Those areas are photographed from the air, and the information and location are passed to the local detachment for follow-up. Friday's bust marks the fourth grow-op shut down by local cops that has been reported in the past month. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom