CHESTERFIELD A request for a tax break here led to drug charges against a New York City man.
Weiming Liu, 57, of Brooklyn is accused of operating a large-scale marijuana growing operation at a Chesterfield farm, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor s Office.
It alleged Liu s weed crop occupied greenhouses, pole barns and other buildings at a leased property on the 100 block of Chesterfield-Crosswicks Road.
An investigation began when Liu s landlord, whose name was not released, requested a property-tax reduction under the state s Farmland Assessment Act, the prosecutor s office said in a statement.
It said the application was rejected after Chesterfield s tax assessor conducted a peripheral inspection and concluded the site was not in agricultural use.