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THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Saturday, September 16, 2006
By Kim Crawford
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
The Flint Area Narcotics
Group (FANG) reported this
week that officers have seized
more than 900 marijuana plants
that were being grown in Thetford,
Richfield, Mt. Morris and
Montrose townships this week.
According to Lt. Mitch Krugielki,
the state police commander
of FANG, a unit composed
of state and local police
officers, the seizures started
Township, where marijuana
was being cultivated inside
and outside the house.
Then, working with state
police aircraft to spot plants
from the air on Thursday, FANG
officers located another 346
plants for a total of 907, he said.
Some of the biggest plots of
pot cultivation were in cornfields
and wooded areas, where
the property owner or farmer
who owned the land said they
had no idea the plants were
there, Krugielki said.
Lt. Dwayne Cherry of the
Genesee Township police department,
who is assigned to FANG,
said the seizures ranged from a
few plants at one location to 200
and 500 plants in others.
Police said their investigation
into the cultivation of the pot
plants is continuing, and said
anyone wanting to report drugs
and drug crimes should call
FANG at (810) 233-3689.
- Kim Crawford
