More than half a million dollars worth of pot is off the streets.

There were three separate busts and multiple arrests.

But only WINK News goes inside a grow house ready to harvest.

The war on drugs is happening all around us.

Quiet streets are turning into drug labs.

"A lot of these houses, you would never know," said Trooper Mike Gideons.

The Florida Highway Patrol let us follow them into a Lehigh Acres grow house.

Behind the door, marijuana is growing to the ceiling.

The operation is well-financed and sophisticated.

The 1000 watt lights are running on stolen electricity... the system is wired to bypass the meter and go undetected.

A traffic stop led FHP to the home.

These troopers don't patrol, they're part of a special unit that targets drug trafficking.

"All of this stuff has to go on he blacktop at some point and that's where we come in," said Trooper Gideons.

One neighbor didn't want to show her face, but says she suspected something was wrong all along.

She wants neighbors to fight back.

"I just wish it would stop and people would be aware and make the call," she said.