- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Richard Crabb interviewing C.W. Herndon about smuggled marijuana, McDuffie County, Georgia, 1978 Feb. 14]
- Creator:
- Herndon Studio
- Date of Original:
- 1978
- Subject:
- Marijuana--Georgia--McDuffie County
Municipal services--Georgia--McDuffie County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, 33.48285, -82.48137
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- McDuffie County, Feb. 14, 1978. Richard Crabb (right) interviewing C.W. Herndon (left) about the DC-7 airplane containing marijuana which was found abandoned at the McDuffie-Thomson Airport. Mr. Herndon was at this time an agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Crabb was a reporter for Channel 12 TV in Augusta, Georgia. The DC-7 containing 21 tons of marijuana landed at this location because it had run out of fuel. The smugglers escaped by stealing a private airplane. The confiscated marijuana, which was said to be worth $21 million on the street, came from Colombia, South America.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mcd150
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mcd150
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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