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2 Men Arrested In Pinellas Grow House Operation
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Published: March 26, 2009
Stephen Sweetwood
Jeffrey McCubbins
Two men have been arrested in connection to a March 9 drug bust in Palm Harbor where five warehouses were used as marijuana grow houses.
Deputies say Stephen Sweetwood, 51, and Jeffrey McCubbins, 46, turned themselves in at the Pinellas County Jail.
Sweetwood, of Seminole, had been cooperating with detectives since a search warrant was served on five small rental warehouses behind the Four Seasons Plaza, 39070 U.S. 19 N., Palm Harbor, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
Sweetwood turned over $159,000 in cash and equipment used for the grow houses, detectives say. Sweetwood also gave detectives information that led to the March 19 arrest of McCubbins, the sheriff's office said.
Sweetwood and McCubbins have both been charged with manufacture of marijuana. McCubbins faces an additional charge of trafficking in marijuana.
About 450 plants were seized in the March 9 raid.
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