PORT ST. LUCIE — A 32-year-old mother was arrested Tuesday after police allegedly found 60 marijuana plants growing in two bedrooms of a home near Gatlin Boulevard and Interstate 95, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday.

Yanery Leon, of Davie, faces felony charges of possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis and cultivation of cannabis after police searched the $293,000 home in the 1800 block of Southwest Michelangelo Avenue.

Leon, who had her 4-month-old son with her, was spotted driving by as investigators executed the search warrant. Leon denied knowing about the pot farming operation, saying her husband “is the one that maintains the cannabis cultivation,” the affidavit states.

She said her spouse is in Cuba visiting family and is expected to return home Thursday.

The home’s listed owner is Raciel Deniz, according to the St. Lucie County Property Appraiser’s Web site. Leon’s husband was identified in the affidavit as Raciel Deniz Vejerano.

State Department of Children and Families officials were notified to take custody of Leon’s son.

By Will Greenlee, TCPalm.com

Tags: Department of Children and Families, Gatlin Boulevard, Interstate 95, St. Lucie County Property Appraiser

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