Project SABOT allows RCMP to spot marijuana grow ops from the sky
WINDSOR, NS – The fight to keep drugs off the streets in Nova Scotia is now starting hundreds of feet in the air.
For the last month, RCMP have been partnering with the Department of Defense to eradicate marijuana grow operations in the province.
Project SABOT is an annual initiative that sees officers take to the skies to seek out drug operations from a military helicopter. This year, Global News got to ride along on one of the explorations.
“The helicopter allows for a different perspective,”Const. Mark Skinner, RCMP told Global News. “It’s easier to spot the plants, where we couldn’t necessarily see the plants from the ground.”
RCMP say using a helicopter gives them a different perspective when
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