Elmore County nabs six fugitives for huge marijuana growing operation

Thursday, September 27, 2007

by Karen Martin

A deputy stands next to marijuana plants discovered in eastern Elmore County.

Thanks to the help of local hunters, the Elmore County Sheriff's Office was able to take six persons into custody on Thursday who were charged in connection with a huge marijuana growing operation.

Detectives have been heavily involved with the operation, with the assistance of the Idaho State Police, in seizing the crops accidentally discovered by hunters in the area of eastern Elmore County.

Six people are in custody and the street value of the drug operation is estimated to be $3.5 million to $4 million dollars.

Look for the expanded story in the Glenns Ferry Gazette and the Mountain Home News next week.

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this is very interesting new story, but as always with the mountain home news, the expanded story is a week late.

I will either find out what really happened by reading the idaho statesman or find out by word of mouth on the street.

I find it very difficult to really be interested in the mountain home news paper because of this very reason.

By the time a story hits the paper everyone already knows about it and in greater detail than the paper does.

I think it is time for the mountain home news to come in to the 21 cent. and really be a news paper that people can look forward to getting; with up to date stories; and not just something to start their fire with.

-- Posted by outatown on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, at 10:06 AM
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I think this online version of the paper is far better than in the past. If you look at how SLOW information recently flowed from law enforcement to the editor, I think you will see that they are doing what they can and making reports when the information is provided to them. But that is just my opinion and we all know how many of those are out there. And I wish you luck in getting information from the boise agencies. If it is not bad news that affects an area west of milepost 64, then they tend not to report on it until the Mt Home News has.

-- Posted by Dirtball on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, at 12:28 PM
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Kudos to Dirtball for understanding the situation. You sound like you've worked in this business before. Getting information can be quite frustrating indeed.

-- Posted by mrfresh28 on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, at 2:50 PM
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I like the online version of the Mountain Home News, and I also subscribe by mail. I'm wondering if this community can't afford to support a daily paper and that may be why we have only a weekly paper. A daily paper (or TV newscasts) would naturally have "newer" news.

I am a moderate news junkie. This online version has fairly frequent updates of stories, something which I like a lot, and breaking stories also; I don't have to wait until Wednesdays.

-- Posted by senior lady on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, at 3:19 PM
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to outatown,

Did you notice that the Mt Home News was the 1st to break not only the child enticement incident but that a suspect had been arrested? If you waited for the Stateman or other source, you would have waited longer. How is that for being in the 21st century?

-- Posted by Dirtball on Sat, Sep 29, 2007, at 10:05 AM
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hey outatown , if you dont like it quit whining and go change it. aside from that, of course everyone knows by word of mouth, its a SMALL TOWN everyone knows everybody or knows someone who does.

-- Posted by just1 on Mon, Oct 1, 2007, at 10:50 AM
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