Police: Entire NYC building was pot farm [View all]

[RainDog]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/01/police-entire-nyc-building-was-pot-farm/

A five-story building in New York City was raided by police this week, revealing that the entire structure was being used as a multi-tiered marijuana farm.

Police said that four of the floors appeared to be designated to individual stages of the plants’ growth, with the most mature on the top floor.

...Officers recovered almost 600 marijuana plants, along with 75 pounds of buds that had been prepared for sale. In total, some 1,550 pounds of illegal plants were pulled out of the building

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bronx-Marijuana-Farm-Morris-Park-Avenue-138431314.html

A search warrant was executed at about 1 p.m. Tuesday at 610 Morris Park Ave., according to police. Investigators seized 593 plants, some as tall as seven feet, as well as 75 pounds of marijuana that had been cut, dried and packaged in plastic.

Investigators said about 50 to 60 pounds of marijuana were being produced each month for a value of about $250,000.