
Detectives with the Michigan State Police Marijuana & Tobacco Investigation Section on July 30 seized more than 13,400 marijuana plants, along with hundreds of pounds of dried marijuana flower, from an unlicensed Lake County facility, according to a post on X.
Multiple individuals were arrested on the scene after police executed a search warrant on an "illicit marijuana grow operation," the MSP Sixth District said in the post. Police did not identify the facility or the individuals arrested.
"The street value of this large seizure is estimated at more than 10 million dollars," MSP said in the post.
Officials say neither the property nor the suspects identified had valid licenses through the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, the state's regulatory body that issues marijuana operating licenses, to conduct business.
Detectives say the former manufacturing facility, a 17,000-square-foot building where the plants were located, was on 19 acres in Baldwin, in Webber Township.
The case remains under investigation and once complete, "it will be turned over to the Michigan Attorney General for further review and potential added criminal charges," the MSP post said.
Without a grow license, officials say the operation was producing marijuana in violation of Michigan law. The MSP said cannabis produced in illegal operations often contains harmful substances —including hazardous chemicals, pesticides, mold, and heavy metals — that pose health risks to consumers.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: MSP raids west Michigan grow site. Why police shut down operation in Baldwin
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