A 63-year-old man was arrested Wednesday by vice narcotics detectives after they discovered 286 marijuana plants inside his Coleridge Estates home, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 2, 2007

Marijuana cultivators in Southwest Florida know that numbers are a very important component to their business plan. ...more

October 23, 2007

TAMPA - A random traffic stop on Friday night culminated with the arrests of the driver and a woman charged with operating a marijuana-growing house. ...more

October 21, 2007

PLANT CITY - Firefighters took just 20 minutes to extinguish an attic fire Friday morning, but law enforcement ended up spending much of the morning at the home investigating a possible marijuana grow-house operation, officials said. ...more

October 19, 2007

LAKELAND – Polk County sheriff's deputies busted two marijuana grow houses in north Lakeland Thursday, made three arrests and took more than 600 plants off the street, authorities said. The sheriff's office received information Thursday about the two suspected drug houses, a sheriff's release said. Undercover Polk County detectives and members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force went to 1425 Hammock Shade Drive off Old Polk City Road and 8423 Tocoi Path off Kathleen Road to check out the tip. ...more

October 12, 2007

VENUS — A remote 10-acre site off of County Road 731 was the site of the 49th growhouse operation to be dismantled in Highlands County since November. More than 100 marijuana plants were seized in this operation. Deysi Lavin Jimenez, 38, and Carlos David Morales, 32, both of 327 County Road 731, Venus, were charged with producing marijuana, possession of marijuana in excess of 25 pounds or 300 plants and possession of narcotics equipment. ...more

October 11, 2007

TAMPA - A 60-year-old man is being held without bail today after sheriff's deputies accused him of growing marijuana inside his house. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested Oscar Rodriguez of 10004 Memorial Highway in Tampa on Thursday after searching his house under a warrant, investigators said. Authorities found 55 marijuana plants, equipment for growing the plants, 3 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, the sheriff's office said. ...more

October 1, 2007

A Saturday morning home invasion at a marijuana 'grow house' left a woman wounded and facing charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 30, 2007

LAKELAND - A Saturday morning home invasion at a marijuana "grow house" left a woman wounded and facing charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 29, 2007