UPDATE: 4 grow houses go down in Lehigh Acres
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Story Created:
Jul 17, 2008 at 7:03 PM EST
Story Updated:
Jul 18, 2008 at 9:52 AM EST
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. - The Lee County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit takes down four marijuana grow houses in Lehigh Acres during a day long operation on Thursday.
Detectives say they followed several leads, resulting in six arrests and the seizure of $478,000 worth of marijuana.
Thursday's takedowns mark 44 grow house busts so far this year by the Lee County Sheriff's Office, which includes 48 arrests and more than $6.3 million worth of pot being removed from the street.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the houses were at:
*2610 East 5th Street, (22 marijuana plants seized)
Arrested: Jose Avila, DOB 8-29-63
*2310 23rd Street Southwest, where 85 plants seized,
Arrested: Adrian Borjes, DOB 3-22-77
*737 Sunrise (84 plants seized)
Arrested: Alexis Alvelo DOB 6-26-84 and Oleidis Mendez DOB 6-16-71
*1507 Calvin Avenue (59 plants seized)
Arrested: Santa Aide Mota Fuentes, DOB 11-22-60 and Roberto Cardenas DOB 9-30-64
All are being charged with cultivating marijuana, marijuana trafficking, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Friday, Jul 18 at 2:30 PM freebies wrote ...
If the Goverment would stop handing money to these people maybe they would have to find real jobs. Then they wouldnt have any time left to be tending to any crops. We give them money for their rent, foodstamps and free medical. If I could get all that assistance, No wait What am I thinking I'm American so I don't qualify.
Friday, Jul 18 at 1:22 PM Ghost wrote ...
The people that are being arrested have hispanic names but 99.9% of them are from Cuba. When are they going to stop the Cuban invasion?
Friday, Jul 18 at 12:35 PM whoever wrote ...
and they are all hispanic....hmmmmm
Friday, Jul 18 at 11:40 AM Anony wrote ...
Sunflower question for ya: Why don't you support having all the Liquor Shops shut down as well? Ever heard of anybody hurting himself under the influence of Marijuana? How about alcohol? Oh wait drinking is legal!
Friday, Jul 18 at 9:16 AM Sunflower wrote ...
I live in Lehigh Acres and I am happy the police is trying to clean our town.It seems we are always in the news.There is good things that happen here too not just bad things.Hopefully they can get rid of all the drugs houses out of Lehigh Acres.
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