Investigators pulled 6,752 marijuana plants from public land in eastern Skagit County on Thursday.

The large-scale marijuana grow was the second large-scale operation busted in the area within a month, and the second-biggest operation in the county in the past 25 years, said Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichardt.

On Monday, investigators found the plants growing just north of Darrington while doing surveillance by helicopter. The grow was on land owned by the Department of Natural Resources.
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