Indiana State Police Begin Marijuana Eradication Efforts

PENDLETON, IN - Lt. Bob Burke, Commander of the Pendleton Post, has announced the marijuana eradication efforts of the Indiana State Police are currently underway in the Pendleton State Police District and will continue year round. 

Outdoors, marijuana growers typically grow their plants on other people's property and in farmer's crops. Indoors, they establish elaborate grow operations using artificial lighting, traditional planting methods, and hydroponics within outbuildings and residential homes. Typically, the growers will attempt to conceal the indoor grow operation by covering the home or outbuilding windows from the inside.

Growing marijuana is a crime and is punishable by fines and imprisonment. Failure to report or destroy marijuana plants is also a crime.

Marijuana growers:

• Sell drugs to kids
• Trespass on other people's property
• Destroy precious farmland/crops
• Decrease residential  property values

The public can anonymously report suspicious activity around crop fields, outbuildings, and residential homes where the possibility of growing marijuana is suspected. The Marijuana Tip Line is 888-873-1694.  The Pendleton Post number is 800-527-4752.

Source: Indiana State Police