The Alamance County Sheriff 's office on Monday announced what might be one the largest marijuana seizures in the county's history. On Friday, deputies with the special operations division, acting on a tip, found and seized 7,650 plants in the Snow Camp area. "I've been doing this for 33 years here in this county, and I don't recall that number of plants being seized here before," spokesman Randy Jones said. The plants, which average about 12-18 inches in length each, would have had a retail value in excess of $6 million dollars if they had been allowed to reach maturity and been processed, according to the sheriff 's office. But as they are, about two months and six feet short of maturity, the plants are worth about "an extra gallon of gas," according to Lt. Robert Wilborn.

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