Pot Plants Valued At About $2 Million

July 25, 2008

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department has destroyed about $2 million worth marijuana plants found near Jay.

The 1,183  plants were located in the Brownsdale community southwest of Jay near Bud Diamond Road. Deputies removed the plants Wednesday night after an anonymous tip led them to the 80 b 40 foot patch deep in the woods. Deputies said they did not immediately name any suspects in connection with the plants, some of which were up to 11 feet tall.

Deputies did not say if this major drug find was related to the arrest of a Jay man earlier this week for the cultivation of about 85 marijuana plants. Tharon “Buckshot” Godwin, 66, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver, a third degree felony in connection with 85 pot plants located in a wooded area on Bud Diamond Road near Chumuckla Highway, very near Wednesday night’s find. To read the story about Godwin and the 85 marijuana plants, click here.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive