Yesterday, police raided a Bronx building which happened to house a five-story marijuana growing operation. Around 800 plants were seized, the equivalent of over 1500 pounds, including 75 pounds of dried marijuana. And the street value? Oh, around $7.5 million.
One shocked neighbor told WCBS 2, "That’s crazy…because I used to walk past this every single day. I live down the block on Garfield. Never even smelled nothing come out from this place," while another was glad the mystery was solved, explaining to the Daily News that eau de grass has been wafting through the air for the past two years, "Cops come on the block and smell weed and pull us over and harass us and no one is smoking."
Cops say that Brian Munoz, 24, Diego E. Reyes, 25, and Victor Reyes, 23, designed an intricate grow house, complete with "watering system, electrical system, carbon dioxide system and a ventilation system to help the high-grade marijuana grow." A source told the Post, "They were using enough electricity, grow lights and such to power an entire city block." The trio were charged with criminal possession of marijuana and criminal use of drug paraphernalia; it's believed they made $3 million last year.
