Opinion
11-SW-0440 KJN 11-SW-0438 KJN
10-13-2011
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney JILL M. THOMAS Assistant U.S. Attorney
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
JILL M. THOMAS
Assistant U.S. Attorney
ORDER FOR DESTRUCTION OF BULK MARIJUANA SEIZURE
The United States applied for an order permitting its agents to destroy bulk marijuana, that is approximately 2,566 marijuana plants, that it seized in this matter pursuant to duly authorized search warrants. Having read and considered the papers filed by the United States, and good cause appearing therefrom:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the DEA and other investigative agencies involved in the investigation of this matter are authorized to destroy, forthwith, the bulk marijuana, that is approximately 2,566 marijuana plants, seized during the investigation. For evidentiary purposes, the marijuana plants shall be counted and, if possible, weighed. Additionally, the garden shall be photographed and/or videotaped, and a representative sample taken and retained from each location.
GREGORY G. HOLLOWS
U.S. Magistrate Judge