CRANDON, WI (WSAU) — 600 lbs. of marijuana plants were seized and three southern Wisconsin men were arrested as they attempted to harvest the crop near the Forest County town of Armstrong Creek.
According to a statement from the conty’s sheriff’s department, Dennis J. Pratt, 51, of Waukesha, Steven P. Wasechek, 32, of Milwaukee, and Kevin M. Hying, 35, of Big Bend were all arrested Saturday afternoon for manufacturing marijuana and possession of cocaine.
A pickup truck that the men were using was filled with marijuana plants. A tip from a citizen who found the marijuana field triggered the investigation.
