NORTHAMPTON When police raided a house at 276 Amherst St. in Granby earlier this year, they described finding an “elaborate” marijuana grow operation with nearly 1,400 plants, an extensive lighting system for six grow rooms and a packaging.
Two arrested at home converted into pot-growing operation in Belchertown
124 West St. in Belchertown, the site of Monday’s search. GOOGLE EARTH
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BELCHERTOWN Two Brooklyn, New York residents are in police custody on a series of drug-related charges after town police officers and firefighters Monday morning discovered an entire Belchertown home converted into a marijuana-growing operation.
With 800 marijuana plants, a growing apparatus and $2,500 in cash seized from the 24 West St. property after police obtained a search warrant, Can Hui Wu, 57, and Huoqiu Wu, 60, the only people present at the home, were arrested on charges of cultivation of marijuana, conspiracy to violate drug laws and possession with intent to distribute a class D substance, according to police.
Two arrested at home converted into pot-growing operation in Belchertown
124 West St. in Belchertown GOOGLE EARTH
FILE PHOTO FILE PHOTO
Published: 1/12/2021 4:11:59 PM
BELCHERTOWN Two Brooklyn, New York residents are in police custody on a series of drug-related charges after town police officers and firefighters Monday morning discovered an entire Belchertown home converted into a marijuana-growing operation.
With 800 marijuana plants, a growing apparatus and $2,500 in cash seized from the 24 West St. property after police obtained a search warrant, Can Hui Wu, 57, and Huoqiu Wu, 60, the only people present at the home, were arrested on charges of cultivation of marijuana, conspiracy to violate drug laws and possession with intent to distribute a class D substance, according to police.