Two were arrested on Wednesday for the farming of a hyper-potent, and extremely valuable strain of cannabis.

Two people were in custody Wednesday after officers from the Agriplex Drug Task Force raided a home in the 2500 block of Washington Avenue in Waco and seized about 65 marijuana plants that were growing in sophisticated hydroponics system.

The operation was designed to grow marijuana that’s more potent than conventionally grown pot.

Officers estimated the plants would produce pot with a street value of about $4,000 a pound.

Charges were pending Wednesday against the 20-year-old man and 21-year-old woman officers arrested during the raid Tuesday.

But more will take their place. When a plant that costs next to nothing to grow can be sold for over $4,000 a pound, the payout will always be worth the risk to some people. Busts like these ones only raise the street value of marijuana and open up more illicit sales opportunities for dealers still on the streets. Legalizing marijuana would completely end the illicit growth and sale of marijuana, because the incentive to grow it would be eliminated.

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