35,000 Plant, $700 Million Marijuana Bust in Newport, TN

June 24, 2008 by COED Staff  
Filed under News-ish

Are you sitting down? Ok. Apparently, a Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter spotted a massive marijuana-growing operation in Cherokee National Forest, just miles from the Tennessee/North Carolina border. The officers seized 35,000 plants, equaling $700 million in “street value” prices.