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5,000 pot plants confiscated near Sonoma Vineyards

July 30, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Posted by

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has reported that narcotics detectives uncovered a multi-garden marijuana operation just outside of Sonoma on Highway 116 early Wednesday morning, confiscating 5,000 plants and taking two people described as guards into custody.

The gardens were located in rolling hills to the west of Stage Gulch Road in an area surrounded by vineyards and covered with woody vegetation.

The marijuana plants were in the process of being harvested, said Lt. Sandy Geaslin with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department.

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