The Michigan State Police conducted cannabis searches from the air Monday in Livingston County.
An official with the Brighton post confirmed that a helicopter
conducted the searches in various areas, including the Deerfield, Handy
and Cohoctah townships areas, where area residents also reported seeing a
low-flying helicopter doing a figure-8 pattern.
Whether any marijuana was found or arrests were made was not immediately available Monday.
The search is funded through a federal program — Domestic Cannabis
Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP) — administered by the Drug
Enforcement Administration, which provides funding to states in support
of marijuana-eradication programs.
The DCE/SP began funding eradication programs in Hawaii and
California in 1979 and it rapidly expanded to include programs in 25
states by 1982. By 1985, all 50 states were participating in the DCE/SP.
In 2012, the program was responsible for the eradication of nearly
49,000 cultivated plants from indoor and outdoor growing operations in
Michigan, according to DEA statistics.
In addition, the DCE/SP’s Michigan program included 406 arrests and
the seizure in excess of $1.02 million in cultivator assets. The program
also removed 283 weapons from cannabis cultivators.
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