MCHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S POLICE HAVE ERADICATED 12-HUNDRED CANNABIS PLANTS AT AN OUTDOOR CANNABIS GROW OPERATION NEAR UNINCORPORATED HARVARD. MEMBERS OF THE MCHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NARCOTICS UNIT DISCOVERED THE OUTDOOR CANNABIS GROW OPERATION AND CAMPSITE DURING A RECENT INVESTIGATION. WEDNESDAY, MEMBERS OF THE MCHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NARCOTICS UNIT, MCHENRY COUNTY CONSERVATION POLICE AND THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ROCKFORD DIVISION ERADICATED A CANNABIS FIELD OF LESS THAN FIVE ACRES. MCHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF KEITH NYGREN SAYS THE FIELD SHOWED INDICATIONS THAT IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY TENDED TO AND WAS IN PREPARATION OF BEING HARVESTED. THE ESTIMATED STREET VALUE OF THE ERADICATED CANNABIS PLANTS IS ONE-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS. THE CANNABIS PLANTS AVERAGED FROM 5 FEET TO EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT. NO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED IN THE LATEST DRUG OPERATION. THIS IS THE THIRD ERADICATION TO TAKE PLACE SINCE JULY 30TH IN MCHENRY COUNTY. EVIDENCE RECOVERED FROM THESE SCENES HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE CRIME LAB FOR COMPARISON AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUSPECTS.
