VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
PRESS RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015, THE VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONDUCTED A MARIJUANA ERADICATION OPERATION AND DISCOVERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE (155) MATURE PLANTS OFF OF NC 39 NORTH.
THE PLANTS WERE SEIZED AND DESTROYED WITH AN ESTIMATED STREET VALUE OF $235,000.00.
ASSISTING IN THIS OPERATION WAS THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL (HELICOPTER), ALCOHOL LAW ENFORCEMENT, STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A JOINT EFFORT AIMED AT ILLEGAL MARIJUANA GROWTH AND SALES IN VANCE COUNTY.
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
SHERIFF PETER WHITE