Police find nearly 600 marijuana plants in raid of Bronx building

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

Pot bust in the Morris Park section of the Bronx

(Credit: NYPD/ CBS New York)

(CBS/WCBS) NEW YORK - Police raiding a five-floor building in the Bronx Tuesday found it filled with nearly 600 marijuana plants. Some of the plants were nearly 7-feet tall.

According to CBS New York, police called the Morris Park Avenue based operation a sophisticated pot factory that was growing millions of dollars worth of the drug.

Brian Munoz, 24, Victor Reyes, 23, and Diego Reyes, 25, were reportedly each charged in connection to the operation with one count of criminal possession of marijuana, one count of criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the first degree and criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree.

Police say they received a tip from one of the building's neighbors late last year, CBS New York reports. Officers moved in with a search warrant after weeks of surveillance, arresting the suspects and shutting down the operation that raked in $250,000 every 30 days.

Neighbors in the area said they were surprised and never suspected anything.

"It just looked like it was a mechanics every time I walked by," said Ricardo Morales, CBS New York reports.

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by JasonP117 February 20, 2012 10:34 PM EST: Good job gang 600 plants! Now that's how to save the world. Only tens of millons of plants to go. Let's get real and just stop messing with normal people and legalize so we can run the black market controled by violent cartels and street gangs out of buisness. Not to mention keep our officers safer freeing them to focus on violent offenders and allow them the time to really make a difference like they want to do.; Reply to this comment


by Widower1955 February 1, 2012 2:38 PM EST: I know the people of New York city will sleep better now that these Cannabis growers are off the street.; Reply to this comment