Three people were arrested Wednesday following the bust.
Police uncovered more than 50 pounds of marijuana in two Clintonville area residences Wednesday following a months-long investigation.(Photo: File)
CLINTONVILLE – Police uncovered more than 50 pounds of marijuana in two Clintonville area residences Wednesday following a months-long investigation.
Three people had 56 pounds of harvested marijuana plants and buds drying in outbuildings in the two Behnke Road properties, the state Division of Criminal Investigation said Friday.
The estimated value of the seized drugs is about $140,000, or around $2,500 per pound, the Department of Justice said.
Additional plants, computers, cellphones and paraphernalia were also found. The Central Wisconsin Drug Task Force, the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team and New London and Clintonville police assisted in the search.
A 53-year-old man, a 47-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man were arrested and are awaiting criminal charges. Police are recommending charges of manufacturing more than 10,000 grams of THC, possession with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a drug trafficking place.
— Ariel Cheung: 920-993-1000, ext. 430, or acheung@postcrescent.com; on Twitter @arielfab.
Clintonville drug bust uncovers 56 pounds of marijuana
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