That’s a lot of pot, maybe.
A farmer in the Maidstone area came across some plants he believed were marijuana growing in his field north of Waseca and contacted police Monday, Aug. 31.
Maidstone RCMP attended and located approximately 3,150 plants of suspected marijuana.
The RCMP cut down all the plants the following day and samples were taken and will be sent for testing to determine whether they are marihjuana or hemp. The plants will be destroyed.
Maidstone RCMP continues to investigate.
Police say last year, between April to October, two similar files were investigated by RCMP. One was in the Saskatoon RCMP area and one in the Battlefords RCMP area. Marijuana was suspected of growing in two different fields. In early August this year, a similar file was investigated by Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP. In all cases, the plants turned out to be hemp, according to police.
