Deputies Seize Nearly 1,000 Pot Plants

RYE, Colo. (CBS4)- Deputies in Pueblo County seized nearly 1,000 marijuana plants in an illegal grow operation believed to be connected to a Mexican cartel.

The plants were growing on private property near the Table Top Mountain in Rye in Southern Colorado.

Deputies estimate the plants are worth more than $4 million.

While deputies confiscated the plants, they have not been able to find any of the growers.

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