Crime & Safety
Clarkstown Cops Raid Rockland Marijuana Farm
Officers in respiratory gear seized hundreds of plants and buckets of seeds.
Police found than 200 marijuana plants and 30 5-gallon buckets of marijuana seeds when they executed an early-morning raid on an unoccupied house in Valley Cottage Tuesday morning.
An investigation had revealed the house on Thomas Court to be a marijuana grow facility.
So police obtained a search warrant with the assistance of the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office.
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With help from the New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team and the Special Operations Response Team, they executed the warrant at 5 a.m. Sept. 29.
Because of the sheer size of the farm, officers wore special respiratory gear. Police said they seized 200 marijuana plants and more than 30 five-gallon buckets containing marijuana seeds.
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The search of the residence continues at this time. As further information becomes available it will be released.
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