Another Hebron Pot Plot

A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department:

Outdoor Cannabis Grow Operation

McHenry County Sheriff’s Office announced today the seizure of approximately 2,000 cannabis sativa plants from a wooded area in unincorporated Hebron, Illinois. On May 11, 2013, Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Nichols Rd. and Hillside Rd., Hebron for a trespassing complaint.

A hidden marijuana plot was found near the intersection of Nichols and Hillside Roads northwest of Hebron.

A hidden marijuana plot was found near the intersection of Nichols and Hillside Roads northwest of Hebron.

A concerned citizen had stumbled upon a campsite in the middle of the woods and startled two unidentified Hispanic males who then fled the area on foot.

Sheriff’s Deputies were unable to locate the offenders, but did locate two cleared out areas in the dense woods that were being prepared for the planting of this illicit crop.

Two Hispanic men ran from the pot farm.  Photo of tent from Sheriff's Department.

Two Hispanic men ran from the pot farm. Photo of tent from Sheriff’s Department.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit was called in to process the scene and recovered approximately 2,000 cannabis sativa seedlings, fertilizer, soil, hoses, food, water, and camping equipment.  Undersheriff Andrew Zinke estimates the street value of the plants at $1,000,000 (if harvested).

The Undersheriff would like to inform residents that as summer approaches, persons involved in growing cannabis head into rural areas to tend to crops of cannabis plants. In recent years the Narcotics Unit has recovered over 20,000 cannabis plants from outdoor cannabis grow operations. Typically these illicit crops are located in areas such as: swamps, corn fields, wooded areas, along rivers, and on rural rental properties with large acreages. Cannabis crops can be harvested as early as August and as late as the beginning of October.

Common indicators of outdoor cannabis grow operations include:

Photo of marijuana plants provided by the Sheriff's Department.

Photo of marijuana plants provided by the Sheriff’s Department.

  • Abandoned vehicles parked on side roads or trails
  • People observed walking in remote areas for no apparent reason
  • Bags of fertilizer, planting trays or chemicals located in remote areas
  • Well trampled trails in wooded or swamp areas
  • Cleared out areas in swamps, wooded areas or corn fields
  • Numerous signs appear out of nowhere indicating “No Trespassing”

Be aware that in some cases outdoor cannabis grows are guarded or protected by “booby” traps. If discovered, contact law enforcement immediately.

Do not enter the grow location, turn around and immediately leave the area the same way you came in.
Residents are encouraged to contact your local law enforcement to report suspected narcotic activity and other suspicious activity. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact McHenry County Crime Stoppers at 1
-800-762-7867 (STOP).

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Read about the 2008 unsolved marijuana plot on McHenry County Conservation District land here.

Read about the 2009 unsolved marijuana plot on McHenry County Conservation District land here.


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Another Hebron Pot Plot — 5 Comments

  1. The Undersheriff states;

    Typically these illicit crops are located in areas such as: swamps, corn fields, wooded areas, along rivers, and on rural rental properties with large acreages;

    and OR;

    Towns where Sheriff Keith Nygren lives or had lived!

    Interestingly, those “Punks” I used to live next to in Hebron, just happen to have an old abandoned family farm house on Nichols Road in rural Hebron.

    Uh??

    To bad Sgt. Koziol no longer has power, he knows who I’m speaking of.

  2. Whats the matter Keith, someone interrupted the money train?

    Keith and Zinke have managed to step up to the plate again.

    Shame on you Boys!.

  3. I would think there’s a healthy market for drones to spot such crops.

    Just sit in the air conditioned office operating a remote control plane.

    Maybe the software could be outfitted with some sort of artificial intelligence to beep when the camera picks up an image of what looks like Marijuana.

    Or thermal imaging alert when people or dense crop like growth in an unusual place are detected.

  4. Eradicating cannibis is so worth it.

    It keeps the cops in jobs.

  5. Really it’s weed.

    Now it’s medicine.

    Get a life and leave the stoner’s alone.

    The government is pissed because they own pharmaceutical companies and are loosing money from their zombie pills 💊.zanax or weed.

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