PICKERING -- Durham's eye in the sky helped lead drug unit officers to the seizure of a sizeable marijuana crop in north Pickering last week. Durham cops in the Air 1 helicopter spied the crop, in a field on Sideline 28, last Thursday, police said. The following day cops armed with a warrant visited the property and seized 400 plants, valued at $400,000.
No charges have yet been laid

Port Perry -- Authorities flew in and scooped up over two-hundred young pot plants after the crop was spotted from the sky by the force's helicopter officers. According to Durham police, the Air-1 helicopter was patrolling North Durham around 8 p.m. last Saturday when officers spotted a crop of marijuana plants in a forested area near Cresswell Drive and Fingerboard Road, north of Port Perry.
Officers were called to the scene where 223 pot plants were discovered and seized.
No arrests have been made.

DURHAM -- Warrants have been issued for two people following the discovery of more than $1 million worth of marijuana in north Durham. Officers with the Drug Enforcement Unit assisted by the Air 1 helicopter closed in on the crop, in a wooded area on the 4th Concession in Brock Township, Monday. Cops discovered 1,447 foot-high plants that appeared to have been recently transplanted to the outdoors, said Durham police Sergeant Paul McCurbin.
As police approached a man fled; cops trailing him found recently-watered plants and hoses and electrical cords leading to a home nearby, Sgt. McCurbin said.
The street value of the crop has been set at $1.5 million.
Arrest warrants have been issued for two suspects.