Illegal marijuana grow discovered in Vassalboro, nearly 1,000 plants burned
Police say a Winslow man wasn’t licensed to have that many plants on-site, and was allowed to keep three.
Credit: Courtesy Kennebec County Sheriff s Office Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 3:56 PM EST December 22, 2020 Updated: 3:57 PM EST December 22, 2020
VASSALBORO, Maine The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office says a Winslow man was issued a felony summons for cultivating marijuana after police received reports of an illegal grow site in Vassalboro.
Police say on Dec. 16 at approximately 2 p.m., Deputies responded to the Old Meadow Road in Vassalboro with the Vassalboro Police Chief and a Field Investigator from the State of Maine Office of Marijuana Policy for a complaint of an illegal marijuana grow.