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Jackson County Sheriff’s Office seizes 49 cannabis plants

Jackson County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit, Criminal Investigators and Patrol Division officers load cannabis into the back of a truck. Jackson County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit, Criminal Investigators and Patrol Division officers load cannabis into the back of a truck.

By Staff Report October 22, 2015 1 min read

Charles Edward Harrigan

Jackson County, Ala., Sheriff’s deputies arrested one man in connection with a marijuana seizure Thursday.

Charles Edwin Harrigan, 61, is being charged with trafficking in cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were acting on a tip when they seized 49 plants, marijuana packaged for resale and drug paraphernalia from Harrigan’s residence on County Road 8 in Woodville, Ala., which is the Pleasant Grove community.

Authorities found plants growing and drying outside his residence and some were inside his residence, too.

Harrigan’s bond was set at $20,500.