Quote from the abcnews story:
Swiss Police Uses Google Earth to Search for Suspect Farmers, Finds Marijuana Field
Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company’s satellite mapping software.
Police said the find was part of a bigger investigation that led to the arrest of 16 people and seizure of 1.2 tons (1.1 metric tons) of marijuana as well as cash and valuables worth 900,000 Swiss francs ($780,000).
How come i didn’t think of that?!?! Alt+Tab-ing to Google Earth,seya! 😎