The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, police officers from four counties, Hawai'i Air National Guard, Coast Guard and the state Department of Land & Natural Resources conducted the annual "Super Mission" operation, formerly known as "green harvest." This year's haul has a street value estimated at over $8 million.

The sweep started last Tuesday on the Big Island, moved to Maui and Moloka'i over the weekend, O'ahu on Monday and Tuesday, and finished up on Kaua'i on Wednesday and yesterday.

Narcotics/Vice Capt. Kerry Inouye of the Honolulu Police Department said 584 marijuana plants, weighing 161 pounds, were removed from various O'ahu locations. The plants varied in size from seedlings to 4 feet tall, according to Inouye.

Based on a street value of $1,000 per plant, the haul on O'ahu was worth an estimated $584,000, Inouye said.

DEA officials declined today to release a tally on this year's operation, but The Advertiser obtained totals from all but Maui County.

The largest haul came last week on the Big Island, although only East Hawai'i operation numbers were immediately available.

Excluding a half-day effort from Waimea to Kohala, the task force removed 6,298 marijuana plants last Tuesday and Wednesday in a sweep in East Hawai'i from Hamakua to Puna, police officials said.

The two-day effort on Kaua'i yielded 1,060 plants, said narco/vice Lt. Michael Contrades.