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Police Bust Marijuana Grow House
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Published: July 11, 2008
Three rooms converted to a marijuana grow operation, harvested plants, and duffle bags full of weed – well over 25 pounds' worth. There was a hole in the floor with wires coming out, used to steal electricity to make the operation run.
That's what Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies say they found yesterday afternoon when they entered the home at 4426 Mohican Trail in Valrico, according to a criminal report affidavit, which gives the deputies' description of what happened.
Conducting a narcotics investigation, deputies asked the occupants, Jorge L. Delgado, 37 and Elizabeth Andrade, 38, for permission to enter the home. They complied.
Deputies found the three rooms being used to cultivate marijuana. All that was left of the plants were stalks. Two duffle bags were laying in a hallway. They contained more than 25 pounds of marijuana, packed in sealed vacuum bags.
In the master bedroom, a hole in the floor, with wires running into a power box.
Delgado and Andrade were arrested and charged with manufacture of marijuana and trafficking in marijuana, both felonies. Delgado was also charged with possession of cocaine, felony and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. Andrade was charged with theft of electricity, a misdemeanor.
Both are being held at the Orient Road Jail; Delgado on $29,500 bail, Andrade on $27,500 bail.
Editor Howard Altman can be reached at (813) 259-7629 or haltman@tampatrib.com
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