Crime & Safety
Man Arrested After Marijuana Plants Found in South Windsor (Updated with Photos)
More than 60 plants were seized from the home on Beelzebub Road.
A 31-year-old man is under arrest after police found more than 60 marijuana plants at his Beelzebub Road home.
In addition to 64 marijuana plants, police also found packets of heroin, a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun, a bottle of anabolic steroids, several pieces of grow equipment, five high capacity magazines, a cell phone, and numerous items of drug paraphernalia.
Jason Robert Robinson has been charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana with the intent to sell, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of greater than 4 oz. of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance: narcotics, operating a drug factory, drug paraphernalia, illegal possession of steroids, and illegal possession of a high capacity magazine.
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The East Central Narcotics Taskforce, with assistance from the South Windsor Police Investigative Services Division and the DEA Marijuana Eradication Unit, executed a search warrant at 260 Beelzebub Rd. after a lengthy investigation into a marijuana growing operation at the residence.
Taskforce officers had received information from numerous sources saying a marijuana grow was being operated in one of the out buildings on the property.
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Bond was set at $250,000.
Photos courtesy of the East Central Narcotics Taskforce.
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