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Police have broken up two marijuana growing operations in neighboring houses, but it is unclear if residents of the two homes were working together or separately to grow and distribute the drugs.
After receiving a tip from an out-of-state police department, 13 Larimer County and Fort Collins police officers raided a home at 413 E. Dartmouth St. about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
They confiscated about 20 to 40 high-grade marijuana plants, grow lights and other growing materials before moving across the street to 412 E. Dartmouth, where they confiscated another 20 to 40 marijuana plants from another resident.
Whether the two growing operations had anything to do with each other is unclear, though police suspect no connections.
"We don't know that there is any connection at all. In fact, the person at 412 said he didn't even know the person at 413," said Sgt. Gordon Coombes with the Larimer County Drug Task Force.
Coombes said police got the tip for the first house from the University of Iowa Police Department in Iowa City, after they arrested the resident on an unrelated marijuana charge.
He said it was unclear why the resident was in Iowa but that he was not at his Fort Collins home during the raid. His name has not been released pending closure of the investigation, Coombes said.
University of Iowa police were not available Wednesday afternoon to respond to requests for information.
Police went to the second home after deciding to act upon an unrelated previous tip, Coombes said. As they approached the house at 412 E. Dartmouth, Coombes said officers could smell marijuana from the driveway.
Police were let in by the resident, who showed police in and cooperated fully, Coombes said. That person's name also has not been released, pending closure of the investigation.
Because the resident was cooperative and not seen as a flight risk, police are waiting to arrest and charge him until they have built a solid case against him, Coombes said.
Charges against both residents are pending but likely will include counts of cultivation of marijuana. Additional marijuana distribution charge might be added later, he said.
Coombes said there is a high prevalence of marijuana growing operations in town and that it would not be unrealistic for unrelated growers to live near each other.
The drug task force and Larimer County Sheriff's Office have uncovered six marijuana grows in the past month, he said. That number is an increase from past months, but it is unclear if it represents an increase in marijuana growing activity or if the drug task force has simply had more time to devote to marijuana leads since its conclusion of a 10-month methamphetamine investigation in September, he said.
The confiscated plants from both houses were used to produce "kind bud," a high-grade marijuana with a high THC content. Each plant typically produces about one pound of marijuana every three months with a value of about $800 per ounce or $12,800 a pound.
Newshawk: User - 420 Magazine
Source: The Coloradoan
Pubdate: 23 November 2006
Author: LauraBailey
Copyright: 2006 The Coloradoan
Contact: LauraBailey@coloradaon.com
Website: Article Here
After receiving a tip from an out-of-state police department, 13 Larimer County and Fort Collins police officers raided a home at 413 E. Dartmouth St. about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
They confiscated about 20 to 40 high-grade marijuana plants, grow lights and other growing materials before moving across the street to 412 E. Dartmouth, where they confiscated another 20 to 40 marijuana plants from another resident.
Whether the two growing operations had anything to do with each other is unclear, though police suspect no connections.
"We don't know that there is any connection at all. In fact, the person at 412 said he didn't even know the person at 413," said Sgt. Gordon Coombes with the Larimer County Drug Task Force.
Coombes said police got the tip for the first house from the University of Iowa Police Department in Iowa City, after they arrested the resident on an unrelated marijuana charge.
He said it was unclear why the resident was in Iowa but that he was not at his Fort Collins home during the raid. His name has not been released pending closure of the investigation, Coombes said.
University of Iowa police were not available Wednesday afternoon to respond to requests for information.
Police went to the second home after deciding to act upon an unrelated previous tip, Coombes said. As they approached the house at 412 E. Dartmouth, Coombes said officers could smell marijuana from the driveway.
Police were let in by the resident, who showed police in and cooperated fully, Coombes said. That person's name also has not been released, pending closure of the investigation.
Because the resident was cooperative and not seen as a flight risk, police are waiting to arrest and charge him until they have built a solid case against him, Coombes said.
Charges against both residents are pending but likely will include counts of cultivation of marijuana. Additional marijuana distribution charge might be added later, he said.
Coombes said there is a high prevalence of marijuana growing operations in town and that it would not be unrealistic for unrelated growers to live near each other.
The drug task force and Larimer County Sheriff's Office have uncovered six marijuana grows in the past month, he said. That number is an increase from past months, but it is unclear if it represents an increase in marijuana growing activity or if the drug task force has simply had more time to devote to marijuana leads since its conclusion of a 10-month methamphetamine investigation in September, he said.
The confiscated plants from both houses were used to produce "kind bud," a high-grade marijuana with a high THC content. Each plant typically produces about one pound of marijuana every three months with a value of about $800 per ounce or $12,800 a pound.
Newshawk: User - 420 Magazine
Source: The Coloradoan
Pubdate: 23 November 2006
Author: LauraBailey
Copyright: 2006 The Coloradoan
Contact: LauraBailey@coloradaon.com
Website: Article Here
