Police Find Thousands Of Marijuana Plants At Indiana Girl Scout Camp

Syracuse, IN (AHN) -- Two men and a juvenile have been charged with possessing more than 1,000 marijuana plants with the intent to distribute after more that 5,000 plants were found growing at a Girl Scout camp.

Mario Comacho, 44, and Mariano Gonzales, 38, were charged with growing thousands of marijuana plants on land belonging to the Limberlost Girl Scout Council, which runs Camp Ella J. Logan in the area where the plants were discovered by Indiana State Troopers while searching the land by plane.

Sherri Weidman, CEO of the Limberlost Council told the Journal-Gazette that the plants were located in a remote area camp.

Another section of plants was located on another unaware man's property. Johnny Coy told reporters that he didn't know the plants were there as he rarely visits his land, which is described as swampy.

Weidman told CBS News that the only way to get to the area where the plants were was by canoe or by wading through muck and mud.

It is reported that authorities found marijuana plants in various stages of maturity. They also found a small camp with tents, toothbrushes and hammocks.

The campground is described on the Ella J. Logan website as having 220-acres of woods, ravines, meadows and natural wet lands. Girls swim, boat, and play-games and sing-songs at day trips and camp outs on the property.

Parents were notified of the discovery when they picked up their daughters.