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Marijuana Farm Busted on Scout Camp

AP
Posted: 2008-07-16 18:27:27
Filed Under: Crime News, Nation News
WARSAW, Ind. (July 16) - Police found thousands of marijuana plants being grown in a remote part of a Girl Scout camp, according to court documents and a scout official.

Officials at Camp Ella J. Logan were dismayed when they found out what had happened, said Sherri Weidman, chief executive of the Limberlost Girl Scout Council.

Police found the hidden marijuana farm with plants in various stages of cultivation in a wooded swampy area of Kosciusko County, according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in South Bend. Some of the plants were growing on land belonging to a local resident, while the bulk - about 5,000 plants - were growing on camp land. State troopers in an airplane spotted the plots.

Mario Comacho, 44, Mariano Gonzales, 38, and a juvenile were arrested last week after police found the farm. Comacho and Gonzales, both of Goshen, appeared for an initial hearing Monday in federal court on charges of possession of more than 1,000 marijuana plants with the intent to distribute. Neither man had an attorney, according to court documents.

Johnny Coy, who owns part of the land where the pot was found growing, said he wasn't aware of the operation and rarely visits the swampy area.

Weidman said the area was in a remote part of the 220-acre camp accessible only by wading through the muck or taking a canoe. The land was bought by the council to provide a safety buffer, she said.

Parents of campers were informed of the discovery when they picked up their children.

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jetcharter1 08:19:05 PM Aug 10 2008

THERE'S TOO MANY POT SMOKERS HERE POSTING THEIR BLOGS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE POT HAS DAMAGED OR REMOVED MOST OF THEIR BRAINS. HAVE ANYTHING "MEANINGFUL TO SAY"? YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'Y HAVE DECENT JOBS, BECAUSE RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYERS WOULDN'T GIVE YOU A SECOND LOOK. ON SECOND THOUGHT, YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO FIND JOBS!

gemstonejewels 04:15:34 PM Jul 17 2008

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT, ******* NONSENSE, AND A COMPLETE WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY. MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE LITERALLY THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN A LOSING BATTLE TO STOP PROSTITUTION AND MARIJUANA USE - BY ADULTS!!!. THESE TWO (2) THINGS HURT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL. IT’S SIMPLY ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR “BIG BROTHER” GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INFRINGE UPON AND VIOLATE OUR PERSONAL RIGHT TO BE HAPPY AND DO AS WE PLEASE, SINCE AFTER ALL WE ARE ADULTS, AREN‘T WE?????. GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND WORRY ABOUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS, LIKE OUR ECONOMY, THE GAS SITUATION AND HIGH CRIMES, INSTEAD OF BULLSHIT CRAP LIKE MARIJUANA AND PROSTITUTION, WHICH REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CRIMAL LEGALITIES, BUT RATHER MORE TO DO WITH IRRATIONAL MORALITIES OF ONLY A FEW.

gemstonejewels 04:15:05 PM Jul 17 2008

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT, ******* NONSENSE, AND A COMPLETE WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY. MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE LITERALLY THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN A LOSING BATTLE TO STOP PROSTITUTION AND MARIJUANA USE - BY ADULTS!!!. THESE TWO (2) THINGS HURT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL. IT’S SIMPLY ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR “BIG BROTHER” GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INFRINGE UPON AND VIOLATE OUR PERSONAL RIGHT TO BE HAPPY AND DO AS WE PLEASE, SINCE AFTER ALL WE ARE ADULTS, AREN‘T WE?????. BELIEVE ME, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WOULD VOTE TO LEGALIZE BOTH ISSUE’S, WERE THEY EVER TO FIND THEMSELVES ON A FEDERAL BALLOT IN A FEDERAL ELECTION, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

alphasurv 11:06:15 AM Jul 17 2008

WELL, IF ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE "UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS" AND THE FEDS IGNORE THEM, THEN THESE PEOPLE MUST BE "UNDOCUMENTED GLOUCOMA PHARMACISTS" AND THE FEDS SHOULD LEAVE THEM ALONE TOO.

kh2933rulz 09:29:18 AM Jul 17 2008

I missed tyhe boat I guess....I live a stone's throw from this camp.....Damn my luck.....lol

kh2933rulz 09:26:47 AM Jul 17 2008

I love pot

eluc1973 09:24:37 AM Jul 17 2008

Damn, they found the new special ingredient to the next line of girl scout cookies.

bauxitebomber 09:21:38 AM Jul 17 2008

Legalize Enough said!

johnbenz1166 09:15:26 AM Jul 17 2008

who cares let them make money illegaly like all the ceo's of this crappy overpriced economy

kh2933rulz 09:06:35 AM Jul 17 2008

I want to be down wind of that bonfire.

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