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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> STATEWIDE MARIJUANA ERADICATION TASK FORCE <br /> DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT <br /> PAGE 2 <br /> <br /> HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS (1995 TO 1997) <br /> <br /> <br /> 1995 1996 1997 <br /> <br /> MJ Plants 408,048 445,099 261,962 <br /> Dried MJ/lbs. 76.6 42.7 39.9 <br /> <br /> Arrests 791 761 546 <br /> <br /> Weapons 59 26 36 <br /> Assets $230,944 $31,043 $46,481 <br /> <br /> Cases 996 969 829 <br /> Search Warrants 65 62 67 <br /> <br /> <br /> The County of Hawaii continues to lead the state in illegally <br /> cultivated marijuana. The vast land area, a lot of which are <br /> remote subdivisions and undeveloped land, as well as ideal <br /> weather conditions, provides ideal growing territories and <br /> conditions for marijuana cultivators. <br /> Law Enforcement continues to receive reports from the public, <br /> some of which are hunters, farm workers, and heavy equipment <br /> operators, who were confronted and threatened, by persons <br /> with weapons. These innocent citizens are warned to stay <br /> away from the area, or to "not disturb their crop". <br /> There have also been recent incidents where heavy equipment <br /> machinery were damaged, with loss amounting to thousands of <br /> dollars. When conducting aerial reconnaissance of the <br /> locations where these incidents occur, police locate numerous <br /> marijuana plots/plants. <br /> These types of incidents are infrequent, but they still <br /> occur, and are indicative of the methods and means the <br /> marijuana. cultivators resort to, and the value they place on <br /> their "crop". There are other documented accounts or <br /> incidents that have taken place, whereby crimes of violence, <br /> threats, harassments, and property crimes have occurred due <br /> to conflicts resulting from "rip-offs" or "territorial <br /> rights". <br /> Another primary concern to law enforcement is the increase of <br />