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.