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Show ' j Garfield and Piute County law enforcement officers supervise burning of marijuana valued at some $200,000, which was discovered at end of runway at Bryce Canyon Airport. The drugs were burned In the burner at Kaibab at the end of the Bryce Canyon airport runway. Sheriff Keith Fackrell said a pilot reported seeing some bags at the end of the runway, and after investigation, officers Lumber Co. sawmill In Panguitch Monday. Shown are Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Brown, left, Garfield Sheriff Keith Fackrell, Deputy Sheriff Roger Attwood and Trooper Ken Clements. Officers Burn $200,000 Worth of Marijuana Garfield County law enforcement officers, along with troopers from the Utah Highway Patroi uestroyed some $200,000 worth of marijuana, which was discovered Saturday discovered it to be some 627 pounds of marijuana in 19 bags, with 15 kilos in each bag. A kilo is 2.2 pounds. Officers staked out the area in an attempt to capture persons who might be involved in a pickup of the drugs. Officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration in Salt Lake City, who were called to the scene, said the marijuana was of a good quality and identified it as originating in Mexico. WW Officers estimated the wholesale value of the haul at $80,000 and if sold by the lid, on the street, would bring some $200,000 The marijuana was burned Monday by officers in the scrap lumber burners at Kaibab Lumber saw mill in Panguitch. |
