Police found about 800 marijuana plants growing inside a five-story building near the Bronx Zoo today and three men in their 20s are now in police custody. Wow, that’s a lot of plants. The men held floors two through five, basically the building was a factory. Click below to find out more.
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Authorities say the “sophisticated operation” housed in all five floors at 610 Morris Park Avenue included a watering system, electrical system and a carbon dioxide system.
The confiscated plants, each with a yield of about two pounds of marijuana, had a combined street value of at least $8 million.
After receiving community complaints and conducting a two-month investigation, police finally got a search warrant for the location today and removed the plants by the bagful.
“Very shocking, because I live here and I never see nothing, never smell nothing. It’s very shocking,” said a local.
“I live down the block, 644 Morris Park, I had no idea at all,” said another local.
“It’s a big improvement to catch those bad people, you know, for the sake of the kids,” said a third.
NY1 is awaiting word on the suspects’ charges as the investigation continues.
Man I gotta keep up with this court case. How the hell did they get complaints?!
Yo G Money I’m pretty damn sure somebody dropped a dime. The shit was goin on for months and they aint know SHIT. They never know anything til somebody get pressed and start hearing numbers gettin thrown at em then snitch. shitttttt. They’ll be ight tho….. NOT!
Just drove by there. It was a zoo out there.
Oh wow! That’s my old hood! Lol