34 Pounds Of Pot Found In Northside Racine Drug House Grow Op

RACINE, WI — In a quiet northside Racine neighborhood just two blocks from Lake Michigan and a block from the zoo, authorities raided a drug house, which turned up more than 30 pounds of pot and led to the arrest of two Illinois men, authorities say.

On Friday, March 23, just before 3 p.m., authorities say agents from the Racine County Metro Drug Unit conducted a search warrant at 2037 Erie St in Racine about a marijuana grow operating taking place inside.

Authorities say an investigation dating back to Oct. 2017 led to them learning that the house wasn't occupied, was currently on the market, and was functioning as a marijuana grow house. Agents were conducting surveillance at the residence when two men with Illinois license plates on their vehicles were coming in-and-out of the residence.

Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said that Joseph M. Mccarthy, 59, and Christopher Neeve, 34, both of Zion, Illinois were both arrested. A search of the residence revealed that the residence was being utilized for a marijuana grow operation.

Agents located 90 marijuana plants in pots. 75 of the plants had just been harvested with the finished product hanging and drying totaling 34.5 pounds.

McCarty and Neeve were both arrested on suspicion of Possession of Marijuana with intent to deliver, Manufacture THC 50-200 Plants and Keeper of a Drug place.

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