Caused a 3floor evacuation at the pyramid tower in the luxor, this afternoon. Our 8 news now crew was first on the scene. Reporter Brittany Edney now joins us with the latest. Brittany. What did the hazmat teams find . Denise. Investigators spent several hours looking into this possible threat but they have determined that the suspicious items. Specifica lly a liquid, are non hazardous. Now. They wouldnt give us any more details on what it was because its an ongoing investigation. O nly that there is no threat. In this video from earlier. You can see city and county Fire Departments were on scene with metro. Investigators tell us at around 11 this morning, a room service attednent found several suspicious items and thats when police got involved. Floors 27 through 29 were evacauted and no injuries have been reported. Investigators say they are still looking into who left those items and if theres any possibility of criminal charges. But overall, metro says theyre jesse roybal, Public I
Neighbors say they had no idea. To my right theres security. This is a gated community. Down this way an elementary school. And police say this probably was going on for at least three months. Take a look at this video from inside the home. Police say the people growing marijuana inside this house werent even owning or renting the place. Its bank owned. Someone from the bank came to check on the place , found a lot of marijuana, and called police. A Drug Task Force made up of federal and local agencies went inside. A sergeant tells us at least 114 plants were found with up to a 300 thousand dollar street value. And 1520 thousand dollars worth of equipment. We even saw calendars on the wall a schedule for the grow. Police tell us a bust like this is significant because they believe its tied to an illegal Drug Delivery service. And people buying marijuana that way. Some of them medical marijuana patients, are becoming victims of crimes like robberies, burglaries and identity theft. Craig