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Authorities bust Okeechobee County grow house

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Ana X. Ceron

Plants seized during a search of Okeechobee County grow house.

Plants seized during a search of Okeechobee County grow house.


Okeechobee sheriff’s deputies and city police seized dozens of marijuana plants from a grow house operation that could have netted more than a $1 million a year for the caretakers.

The 34 plants were discovered during a Tuesday afternoon search of a prefabricated home suspected to have been converted into a grow house, sheriff’s spokesman Ted Van Deman said.

The home, located at 17601 NW 288th Street, is located in the Viking Properties subdivision, a rural area in the northern part of the county. Two rooms on the second floor were both converted into a grow house operation – complete with grow lights, air conditioners and an irrigation system, Van Deman said.

Authorities also found a shotgun and a rifle inside the home, Van Deman said. The house was unoccupied at the time of the search. The matter is still under investigation and charges are expected, Van Deman said.

The plants’ estimated value was $388,600.

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