Police in the B.C. Interior said they destroyed more than 100,000 pot plants after executing a search warrant on Friday.
Police believe the destroyed plants would be worth more than $8 million if the marijuana was dried and processed.
Merritt RCMP said the plants were being grown in a rural area near Merritt that is close to Highway 8.
That highway travels northwest from Merritt to the Spences Bridge area.
Police point out that Canadian law allows a household to grow a maximum of four plants to produce hemp or cannabis, but that commercially growing marijuana requires Health Canada approval.
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Merritt RCMP said the rural property where the grow operation was occurring wasn’t authorized by Health Canada for hemp or cannabis production.