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9 tons of pot and $80,000 seized near Central Point By Nick Morgan Updated: Nov 11, 2021 02:40 PM A A Oregon State Police say they found more than 18,000 pounds of illicit pot during an Oct. 28 raid near Central Point. [OSP photo] More than 18,000 pounds of plants were seized and destroyed last month from a suspected large scale illicit marijuana grow outside Central Point. The Oregon State Police Southwest Region Drug Enforcement Section team allegedly found close to 1,200 cannabis plants suspected to be illicit marijuana during an Oct. 28 raid in the 12000 block of Modoc Road. At the multi-agency raid, police they found 62 large outdoor grow houses, according to a release issued Thursday by OSP. Within the structures, Jackson and Josephine County illicit marijuana enforcement teams and narcotics officers working with OSP found 1,193 growing illicit plants, along with large quantities of drying marijuana that had previously been harvested. Combined, police say the pot weighed 18,360 pounds — some 9.18 tons. The Rogue Area Drug Enforcement team, the Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team and Jackson County Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team questioned and detained an undisclosed number of individuals on the property, and seized four firearms and more than $80,000 in cash. The release does not identify any suspects.