Sunday, May 04, 2008

SW Florida Cops Cop $3.6M In Contraband In Statewide "Operation D-Day" Grow House Busts

In Southwest Florida, WBBH-TV Channel 2 reports:
  • Forty seven counties, including Lee and Collier counties, participated in "Operation D-Day," a statewide initiative aimed at shutting down marijuana grow houses. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office did a sweep in Lehigh Acres and arrested ten people. Deputies checked 55 houses - 12 of those were grow houses. They seized 740 plants worth an estimated $3 million. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office shut down eight grow houses, all in Golden Gate Estates. They seized 200 plants worth an estimated $600,000 and arrested nine people.

For more, see $3.6 million in pot seized in Lee, Collier.

In a related story from the Florida Attorney General's office, see Attorney General Praises Passage of the Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act.

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