WHEELING -- Only 7News was on scene as Wheeling police, the Ohio County Sheriffs Department and State Police unveiled their find of what they said is thousands of dollars worth of marijuana.

Ohio County Sheriff’s Deputy Kent Lewis said his department received an anonymous call from a hunter about the marijuana.

Lewis said he then contacted State Police Cpl. J.A. Laing.

The two searched the woods near Edgington Lane in Wheeling and eventually found the plants with an estimated street value of $50,000.

The marijuana was fenced in on the site and trees were cut down nearby to allow light for growth.

Lewis said there are suspects in the case and he hopes that in time some arrests can be made.