DEA looking for contractor to burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour

1. The Drug Enforcement Administration in Houston is looking for a contractor to burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour through September.
2. Although we appreciate local citizens’ willingness to offer their help, this is a complicated, large-scale government contract we’re required by law to bid every few years, and there are usually only a handful of companies with the necessary facilities and resources to help us dispose of this material.
3. While it makes for an interesting headline, the truth is far more prosaic our agents working across the Houston Division make a huge number of great cases, and as a result, we seize a tremendous amount of illegal drugs.
4. The DEA's posting says the contractor would need to have enough space and resources to burn the marijuana for eight consecutive hours per day.
5. The incinerator must burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour, which would be delivered in bales or bricks, each weighing up to 200 pounds.
6. The DEA also requires that the contractor have surveillance cameras over the entire burn area, and DEA agents would access that closed-circuit video.

https://wreg.com/2019/03/28/dea-looking-for-contractor-to-burn-1000-pounds-of-marijuana-per-hour/