By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT – Some 75,000 marijuana plants, worth an estimated $7.5 million, were discovered growing in the pine forest of Grand Bahama.

Police officials made the discovery sometime around 10am on Thursday, Inspector Terecita Pinder reported on Friday.

She said officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit, with US drug counterparts, acting on information, went to an undeveloped area in East Grand Bahama.

Several marijuana plots were discovered.

The plants range between one and five feet in height.

The officers also found three black garbage bags, containing freshly processed marijuana.

Three makeshift tents were also erected in the area.

The plants were uprooted by police.

Ms Pinder said no arrests have been made and police are continuing their investigations into the matter.

This is the second marijuana field discovered in East Grand Bahama.

On March 24, more than 167,000

marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of nearly $16.8 million, were discovered by DEU and US law enforcement agents.

While on routine aerial patrols in the eastern area of Grand Bahama some 27 marijuana plots were detected.

Police also recovered two high-powered weapons, including an AK47 and a Mack 11.

Both weapons contained ammunition.

Several persons have been arrested and charged before the courts in connection with the matter.