WeGotYoWeed: Based on a tip, 254 marijuana plants were taken from a Kentucky corn field in an illegal marijuana grow operation. Pictured: Marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals called trichomes, are a few weeks away from harvest in the "Flower Room" at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill on September 15, 2015. (Seth Perlman, The Associated Press)

‘WeGotYoWeed’: Kentucky authorities seeking grower of confiscated pot

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By The Associated Press

LEITCHFIELD, Ky. — Authorities in Kentucky are looking for the grower of more than $600,000 worth of marijuana confiscated from a corn field.

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The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that while no arrests have been made, the owner can claim the marijuana by calling the office. The statement ended with the hashtag “#WeGotYoWeed.”

The statement says based on a tip, 254 marijuana plants were taken from the field west of Short Creek. They were between rows of corn that had been pulled to make room for the marijuana.