Pasco County deputies and detectives, aided by a drug-sniffing dog, found 85 pounds of marijuana in a car that was stopped because of an improperly attached license plate, the sheriff's office reported today. The driver, Jose-Juan Carlos Castro-Ramirez, 29, of Lacoochee, was arrested on a charge of trafficking marijuana. He is being held in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $50,000. Castro-Ramirez was driving a 1997 Saturn near Old Lakeland Highway and Stewart Road south of Dade City when he was pulled over at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday by the sheriff's office's Street Tactical Operations and Patrol, a report said. ...more

October 23, 2008

Two Manatee County men teamed up to deliver 10 or more pounds of marijuana several times in Hillsborough County this year, Hillsborough deputies say. Andres Donjuan, 27, and Benito Limas, 40, delivered multiple pounds of marijuana to deputies Tuesday, as well as on May 30 and June 12, a criminal arrest affidavit states. ...more

September 17, 2008

Acting on tips, Pasco County sheriff's vice and narcotics detectives discovered a marijuana crop in a backyard after flying over the property this week. ...more

September 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Acting on tips, Pasco sheriff's vice and narcotics detectives this week discovered a marijuana crop in a backyard after flying over the property. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies say they found marijuana worth nearly $2 million in three grow houses leased by a Brandon man. ...more

September 4, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies say they found marijuana worth nearly $2 million in three grow houses leased by a Brandon man. ...more

September 3, 2008

Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has announced 72 arrests and the dismantling of 65 marijuana grow houses in an operation called Indoor Outlaws. ...more

August 7, 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. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA - Investigators have arrested a third man who they say was involved in breeding and training pit bulls to fight. ...more

June 18, 2008