I don't know if they still do but our KSP used to fly over and take photos searching for marijuana grows. ...
They still do it. Two or three Blackhawks flying in formation go up and down the Licking River every summer. Looks kinda like a training sortie. But they are looking for weed being grown on the river bank, or islands.
About 15 years ago, next door neighbor (80+ years old) had a KSP helicopter and 6 cruisers show up in his front yard one morning. His house sat on a river cliff and included a seasonal island in the middle of the river. Turned out that someone was floating in at night, tending a crop on the island, and then floating out before daylight. KSP picked it up on one of their over flights.
The six troopers made several trips up and down the hillside (250ft elevation) carrying shocks of weed harvested off the island. In the middle of August. He said they were soaked thru by the time they got loaded up and left.
