Grundy County and state officials patrolling from the air for marijuana spotted 11 growing on an Altamont, Tenn., home’s back porch and later found 22 jars of processed weed inside.
Chief Deputy Tony Bean said Wednesday that crews in a helicopter from the Governor’s Marijuana Eradication Task Force spied the suspicious plants Monday while flying over the rural countryside along Tennessee Highway 50 between Altamont and Pelham.
“There were 11 plants, ranging from 4- to 6-feet tall,” Bean said.
Bean said officers contacted the resident, Camberley, Keatts, 59, of the 13000 block of Highway 50, answered the door and officers could see a jar containing marijuana in plain sight.
Authorities seized 22 jars of suspected marijuana that had been processed for storage, he said.