DAYTON, Wash. (AP) — Law enforcement officers say more than 25,000 marijuana plants have been removed from an area of southeast Washington near Dayton.
A multi-agency team including the Columbia County sheriff’s office, the U.S. Forest Service and the Washington State Patrol’s marijuana eradication team removed the plants from the Eckler Mountain area of Columbia County.
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