1,000 pot plants found amid barrels of goo

A Wentworth Street North property being investigated for hundreds of barrels of unknown substances found piled outside is now the subject of a criminal investigation.

Hamilton police say they have found slightly more than 1,000 marijuana plants in the plant.

The value is being estimated at more than $1 million.

Police spokeswoman Catherine Martin said the plants were found during a search of the building at Wentworth and Burton streets earlier today by police and members of the vice and drug squad.

Vice and drug officers remain at the scene at this hour. The site is in between Barton Street East and Burlington Street East.

Police said they were alerted to the situation through a tip to Crime Stoppers.

Martin said no charges have been laid following the discovery, but the investigation is ongoing.

Hydro to the building has been shut down and Martin said there is indications of illegal electrical hookups on the site.

Comments

[Tim Wells]

Where do the police get their numbers from? One plant will yield about 1-4 ounces, that's 2-6 hundred per plant, unless it's make from gold!!
You would have to be stupid to pay what the police think it's worth, that's a thousand a plant who's going to pay a thousand dollars for a quarter pound???