Cops: Home invasion leads to big pot bust
A home invasion in Darby Borough last night led to the discovery of a large-scale marijuana growing operation, according to police.
Cops: Home invasion leads to big pot bust
Daily Delco scribe Bill Bender has a very hard job this morning. He's surrounded by pot right now at the Darby Borough police station.
"There's dozens of plants here in front of me, some of them are budding and some of them are not budding," he reports. "They're in different stages of growth and there's a couple different kinds, possibly. It's very pungent."
Bill is awaiting the start of a police press conference by Chief Robert Smythe regarding a home invasion last night that led to the bust of a large-scale growing operation in the borough.
According to Bill, who spoke with police moments ago, around 9 p.m. last night authorities responded to shots fired when three men busted in to a house on Glen Avon Road.
No one was injured by the gunfire and the three intruders escaped after a car chase with another man who had been inside the house when they burst in, police said.
When police arrived on scene, they said they discovered that the homeowner, Daniel Thomas, had an extensive marijuana growing operation in two bedrooms and the basement. He even had automated growing lights that would move along two-by-fours on a timer as well as a propane heating system, according to police.
"This guy was very, very good at what he did," Smythe told Bill. "I can't believe he didn't burn the house down."
Stay tuned for more from Bill, who I hope will be listening to War's "Low Rider" on his way back to the office.
Update: Read today's Daily News story.
"Low Rider" LOL— Chuck19083- Who cares? When are you going to bust the real drug dealers aka the pharmaceutical companies & doctors?— SWlawchick
- #1 Legalize it
#2 Pigs are idiots, its a propane fired CO2 generator, not a heating system.
#3 This guy has no clue what he is doing, he was sloppy and let other people know what he was doing (the robbers didn't find it by mistake). Those plants look horrible. The plants are very nitrogen deficient, hence the yellow leaves.
#4 He is a $$$ for calling the cops with a house full of plants.— 420-24-7 - yup, yellow leaves also mean he wasn't hydrating the plants enough, which will result in the buds drying out and breaking up into that dust they stick into little nickel bags. Its quite hilarious to see police stand in front of a natural plant and claim they got a menace off the street. As if the plant were a 20 ft great white shark that had eaten people. Its a plant that has many uses, one being a great stress reliever. Much better then what people get at thier local CVS for stress. Can't grow pills in your back yard though, gotta make that $$$$$ — towelie
- Not to take anything away from the Police Trumping themselves up, but based on teh condition of the plants, this guy was a beginner/amateur. Probably just did some research online and bought all that "sophisticated equipment" (lol, yea rite!) Most likely his first time growing... which makes sense, because as soon as someone in the ghetto found out about it, they decide to rob him -- eventhough there is NO MARIJUANA ON ANY OF THOSE PLANTS. lmao. based on their size he has probably only been growing for 2-3 months tops. Good thing there is 27,639,560 other people doing the exact same thing in their homes.— KingOfPhilly
- "There's dozens..." Really? It's very sad and pathetic that a journalist can not even speak his own native language properly.
@SWlawchick: well-said!— chris-odessa, ua - What think? This stuff grows on trees? Oh yeah it does.— manyhats
- and the cops prove once again that cops are not so smart: "This guy was very, very good at what he did," Smythe told Bill. "I can't believe he didn't burn the house down.".......— Atlas
- none of these hijimks would be necessary if it were legal— box297
- 4/20, he didn't call the cops. They responded to shots fired.— sadim
- @box297 - You are exactly right. Legalize it and tax it and call it a day. Then watch the prison population plummet by 60% or more saving taxpayers trillions of dollars.— Citizenc92
- "Busted in to"? Is that a typo? Did you mean "Burst into"? Where did you study writing? I want to know so I can tell students to avoid it.— blipster
- Rumor has it the reporter on scene, Bill Bender, was last scene scarfing down an entire Pizza Hut pizza immediately after filing this report. Hmmm...— gilligan
- This is what "reporting" from the Blackberry looks like, folks.— 215PhillySean
- I'm not surprised that so many of our commenters are experts at growing illegal weed.— DonQ
