HAMILTON — So, where exactly does Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones stash nearly 2,000 pounds of marijuana, anyway?
Good luck finding out, and don’t expect a tour of the facility. Sheriff’s officials are so hush-hush about the expanded property room housing the massive pot seizures of the past three months, they will only say it’s located underground somewhere in the county.
“It’s very secure,” Lt. Mike Craft said, his lips tightening after every word.
So, what makes it so secure? Alarms, video cameras, snipers, guard dogs, poisonous snakes? About the only thing sheriff’s officials would provide were a few photos of the confiscated drugs in storage.
The Butler County Sheriff’s Regional Narcotics Task Force unit and other police departments turned up three large stashes of marijuana and a house in Liberty Twp. used just for cultivation in 2010. The total amount of pot seized and in the property room: 1,748 pounds.
Officials estimated it could be five years before a court order authorizes the bales of marijuana be destroyed.
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