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Police seize 600 marijuana plants in N. Phila. rowhouse

Philadelphia police today shut down what they described as an elaborate marijuana farm operating inside a North Philadelphia rowhouse.

Philadelphia police today shut down what they described as an elaborate marijuana farm operating inside a North Philadelphia rowhouse.

Officers responded to a 911 call reporting "a strong odor of weed" on the 3000 block of North 7th Street and found the front windows of the dwelling "completely masked and the strong scent of marijuana," said Capt. Debra Frazier, of the narcotics unit.

Inside, police discovered a .38 caliber handgun and 600 plants, "from seedlings to plants well over 6-feet-tall," Frazier said. "There was no furniture, no sources of entertainment, nothing but marijuana plants" growing hydroponically under large lights. Frazier estimated the seized pot had a street value of $5 million. Police have made no arrests, she said, but have identified a person of interest "that we will be speaking with shortly," she said.