COLUMBUS (AP) -- State and federal authorities say they've uncovered another large marijuana growing operation in Ohio with possible ties to Mexico.
Investigators said Tuesday the operation in Logan and Muskingum counties involved thousands of plants and may be connected to Mexican nationals cultivating and trafficking marijuana in Ohio. They say there have been multiple arrests.
The state Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation says officials have seized more marijuana plants in six weeks than all of last year.
Last month state and local officials found about 22,000 marijuana plants in a small village in southern Ohio called Latham.
Authorities nationally say growers with ties to Mexican traffickers are planting large marijuana plots on public land.
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