JOHNSTOWN -- Law enforcement found and confiscated 291 marijuana plants -- weighing a total of 420 pounds -- this September in Fulton County.

An additional 30 pot plants were seized in Montgomery County and nine people were arrested during the two-day eradication effort, Fulton County Sheriff Richard C. Giardino said in a press release.

As the late-summer marijuana growing season comes to an end, state authorities are wrapping up their eradication efforts. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office coordinated the Sept. 21 and 23 mission with State Police and National Guard aviation units, state forest rangers and environmental conservation officers.

The State Police aviation unit has assisted in plucking 6,000 pot plants this year alone, spokesman Beau Duffy said.

Fulton authorities seized marijuana growing on nine separate properties during the September sweep.

Several people were charged with growing marijuana without a license, a misdemeanor.

All nine were issued appearance tickets for their local courts.