'Portable' Hydroponics Lab Busted
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE The smell from a hydroponics lab being run out of a tractor-trailer in Southwest Miami-Dade was so potent detectives say they could smell it from the street before going in to bust the operation.
Brian Andrews was the only reporter to be there as Miami-Dade Police officers went inside of the trailer located at SW 212 Avenue and 162 Street. Detectives got their search warrant to go inside after receiving a tip that pot was being grown inside.
Police have not made any arrests but say evidence inside should lead them to make several arrests in the case.
Inside, they found evidence of 46 plants that had just been harvested, netting $100,000. They also found three fully grown plants and 60 baby plants.
This was the second major marijuana bust of the day. Earlier, police raided a home just 10 blocks away from this site where they found two underground tunnels loaded with marijuana plants and hydroponics equipment.
Daniel Lastra
Brian Andrews was the only reporter to be there as Miami-Dade Police officers went inside of the trailer located at SW 212 Avenue and 162 Street. Detectives got their search warrant to go inside after receiving a tip that pot was being grown inside.
Police have not made any arrests but say evidence inside should lead them to make several arrests in the case.
Inside, they found evidence of 46 plants that had just been harvested, netting $100,000. They also found three fully grown plants and 60 baby plants.
This was the second major marijuana bust of the day. Earlier, police raided a home just 10 blocks away from this site where they found two underground tunnels loaded with marijuana plants and hydroponics equipment.
Daniel Lastra