08-18-2010, 05:40 AM
From today's Tribune Herald:
Pot Choppers take to the skies
A multi-agency task force is flying marijuana eradication missions over East Hawaii this week.
Keith Kamita, chief of the state's Narcotics Enforcement Division, confirmed Tuesday that his agency is leading the helicopter mission , which started Sunday. Capt. Randall Medeiros, who heads Hawaii Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, said local police are assistong state narcotics agents.
The Tribune Herald has received numerous calls from Nanawale Estates, Ainaloa and Mountain View to report police rappelling from helicopters in those areas. Some estimate the choppers hovering at a height of 100 feet or less above the ground.
Kamita said the missions will be ongoing through Thursday, and a count of uprooted plants should be available then.
Pot Choppers take to the skies
A multi-agency task force is flying marijuana eradication missions over East Hawaii this week.
Keith Kamita, chief of the state's Narcotics Enforcement Division, confirmed Tuesday that his agency is leading the helicopter mission , which started Sunday. Capt. Randall Medeiros, who heads Hawaii Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, said local police are assistong state narcotics agents.
The Tribune Herald has received numerous calls from Nanawale Estates, Ainaloa and Mountain View to report police rappelling from helicopters in those areas. Some estimate the choppers hovering at a height of 100 feet or less above the ground.
Kamita said the missions will be ongoing through Thursday, and a count of uprooted plants should be available then.