Friday, August 22, 2008

Pinellas Drug Sting Nets 18 Grow Houses, 18 Arrests

Pinellas Drug Sting Nets 18 Grow Houses, 18 Arrests: "Detectives eventually 'uncovered a network … of family members who decided to work this countywide,' said Capt. Mike Platt of the sheriff's narcotics squad. 'This is not an isolated case where people decide to grow some pot plants in their house.'

Rental homes were used for the grow operations, he said. Some were found today to contain as few as 23 plants; some had up to 100. Investigators say the coordinated effort annually could have produced a harvest worth more than $4 million."

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One way of coping with the declining property values in Florida.

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