Sunday, August 10, 2008

SW Florida Cops Score $200K+ In Contraband In Foreclosed Marijuana Grow House

In Collier County, Florida, the Naples Daily News reports:

  • Investigators with the Collier County Sheriff's Office uncovered 68 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $204,000 from a suspected grow house located at 2420 10th Ave. N.E. in Golden Gate Estates around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Nobody was inside the house when deputies executed the search warrant, according to sheriff’s reports.

  • The house is involved in a bank foreclosure, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Bank agents notified the Sheriff’s Office after they found suspected marijuana plants growing inside the house during an inspection they were conducting on the property, reports said. Investigators also turned up assorted equipment used for growing marijuana valued at $10,000, reports said.

For more, see Marijuana in Estates growhouse bust worth more than $200,000.

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