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Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ]
#4914003 - 11/09/05 03:22 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Indoor marijuana-growing operation busted on near North Side November 9, 2005 - tucsoncitizen.com
Police this morning busted up what they said was a sophisticated hydroponic marijuana plantation operated in a near North Side house and capable of producing up to an estimated $5.4 million worth of high-grade marijuana a year.
They found what they say is the most sophisticated growing operation they've ever seen. Police say the suspects were actually growing the pot in the house, complete with heat lamps and a drip irrigation system. They say the suspects even played classical music for the marijuana plants. Police say there was about 1,200 pounds of pot worth more than a million dollars.
Investigators suspect the father and son operation was producing marijuana for the Tucson market as it did not appear packaged for interstate shipment, said Michael Garcia, a Tucson police sergeant assigned to the multi-agency Counter Narcotics Alliance.
The indoor plantation was found about 2 a.m. today by three uniform patrol sergeants, said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a police spokesman.
After spotting what they considered suspicious activity near the home in the 100 block of East Blacklidge Drive, the sergeants went to the house and when someone came to the locked front gate, the sergeants asked if they could be let in to talk. The sergeants also called for a police drug dog, Robinson said.
The person who had come to the gate let the sergeants into the yard, they smelled marijuana and called for narcotics alliance detectives, Robinson said.
Detectives got a search warrant and looked through the house, finding some 250 to 300 marijuana plants ranging from seedlings in plant cups to a 5-foot 'mother plant', Garcia said. He said each plant, when full grown, could produce up to 12 pounds of marijuana a year with a value of $1,500 per pound. Marijuana typically wholesales here for $400 to $600 a pound, but, Garcia said the marijuana being grown in the home was high-grade pot worth more.
Police arrested Scott Meaudine, 58, of Evingston, Wyo., and his son, Swale Meaudine, 27, of Tucson. Robinson said the younger man lived in the Blacklidge Drive home, but jail records listed him as living in the 500 block of East Second Street.
Both men were booked on suspicion of possession of marijuana, production of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, a jail records clerk said.
They were scheduled for an initial court appearance in the case tonight.
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Jim
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: veggie]
#4914055 - 11/09/05 03:36 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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its nice to play classical music to plants.
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: Jim]
#4914056 - 11/09/05 03:37 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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so if I grow some p.virdis, do I play death metal for it?
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: veggie]
#4914216 - 11/09/05 04:25 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, they were playing classical music, I can see why the cops called their farm "sophisticated". They'll probably get more time because of the music they decided to listen to when crop-tending.
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: veggie]
#4914292 - 11/09/05 04:46 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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He said each plant, when full grown, could produce up to 12 pounds of marijuana a year with a value of $1,500 per pound.
The must have had plants the size of fucking trees. I can barley get 3/4 of a pound of the biggest I ever had. But I have a feeling this is like redned fishing storys they caught something that was 6 inches and in the story ended up being about 15 inches.
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: Stonerguy]
#4914882 - 11/09/05 07:15 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well, the cops are just straight up lying, because they had a huge mother plant, which means they were constantly growing a never-ending chain of new plants. There was no full grown plant that produced any amount per year, because each plant's lifespan was probably 2-4 months tops.
Edited by Microcosmatrix (11/09/05 07:35 PM)
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#4916808 - 11/10/05 07:35 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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i can't believe how stupid people are... fuckers have a huge grow going, so what do they do when cops show up? "Come on in, officer..."
once they're on your property, its all over...
i wonder what the 'suspicious activity' was that brought the cops in the first place...
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: MikeOLogical]
#4917399 - 11/10/05 10:33 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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12 lbs per plant? Damn! Where can I get some of those seeds?
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Microcosmatrix
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: Shdwstr]
#4917464 - 11/10/05 10:49 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Shdwstr said: 12 lbs per plant? Damn! Where can I get some of those seeds?
The police seem to be the only ones that have those
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Re: Father and Son marijuana gro-op busted [AZ] [Re: MikeOLogical]
#4917467 - 11/10/05 10:50 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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MikeOLogical said: i can't believe how stupid people are... fuckers have a huge grow going, so what do they do when cops show up? "Come on in, officer..."
once they're on your property, its all over...
i wonder what the 'suspicious activity' was that brought the cops in the first place...
Yeah you read it trying to figure out how they got caught like I did.
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