Drug agents seize 1,300 pot plants from forest

STEVENSON — Drug officers have removed about 1,300 marijuana plants found in an outdoor grow operation in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest of southwest Washington.

Spokesman Mike Cooke of the Clark-Skamania Drug Task Force said the street value of the plants in a cultivated state is estimated at $1.5 million. The plants were removed Wednesday.

Two White Salmon men were arrested Tuesday at the grow site for investigation of manufacture of marijuana with intent to deliver.

Cook said the investigation began with a tip from the public.