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Swiss Cops Find Marijuana Crop By Using Google Earth

by Evan Shamoon on January 30, 2009 at 12:10 PM



In what may be the biggest bummer for aspiring Swiss potheads since the removal of the pipe from the Swiss army knife, the Associated Press is reporting that Swiss police came across an enormous marijuana crop using Google Earth. The events took place in Thurgau, Switzerland sometime last year, while police were investigating a suspected drug ring; officers were apparently trying to locate the addresses of two farmers they suspected of being involved and, in the process came across the plantation hidden in a field of corn.

Apparently, the investigation had already led to the seizure of more than a ton of weed, 16 arrests, and a slumping sales of Doritos in Switzerland. [From: ArsTechnica]

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