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Suspect wanted in large marijuana grow operation in Lee Co.

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NEAR WEVER, Iowa (WGEM) -- Authorities are looking for a man suspected of growing more than 60 marijuana plants in Lee County.

The Lee County Narcotics Task Force says the local DNR Game Warden alerted them of a large outdoor grow operation near Wever.

Tuesday, DNR officers saw the unknown male subject in the grow site and pursued him briefly through a heavily wooded area, but he got away.

If you have any information, you're asked to call authorities.

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