ATKINSON COUNTY, GA (WALB) -
The odor of marijuana was in the air as Governor's Task Force agents flew helicopters over a trailer on Antioch Church Road in Atkinson County and found 896 marijuana plants.
The Street value is worth almost $2 million.
"During their flight pattern they came across this property and spotted a few marijuana plants. A few marijuana plants turned in to a few more marijuana plants and eventually it turned into a very large operation," said Atkinson County Sheriff David Moore.
Officials took us deep into the woods where the plants were found. Along with plants, hundreds of flowering buckets were collected.
Sheriff more says this is one of the more elaborate operations he's seen because these are clone plants, which means they don't produce seeds.
"A clone plant does provide a superior plant," Sheriff Moore.
Although no one was arrested Tuesday afternoon, Coffee County Officials know the man they are looking for.
"We're not giving a name out, but he's definitely originally from Coffee County," said Coffee Sheriff Jerry Pope.
Sheriff Moore is happy these plants won't hit the streets, in what is one of the biggest drug busts in Atkinson County history.
"I know one place where we seized just as many plants, but this is the most elaborate operation we've encountered," said Sheriff Moore.
Now the search is on for the owner of these plants.
The Task Force says this was the largest haul of marijuana in South Georgia so far this year.
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(Source: Atkinson Co. Sheriff David Moore)
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