DRUG REPORTS / OFFENCES
The following are drug reports or offences that have occurred in our vicinity. We have been very fortunately that there's been a lack of such incidents within the HNP footprint.
September 14, 2008
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From: Nicole Underwood
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:51 AM To: ECastillo Subject: RE: Crime Watch --- Mansfield Police Alert plus stolen truck wheels last night
Eva…My husband and neighbor were outside last night. They kept
seeing a vehicle circle our block (like 15 times). They called
the cops. He was from Dallas and had warrants out and was
arrested. They even think he had drugs in his car.
Nicole (Elliott Ave)
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April 23, 2008
Posted on Wed, Apr. 23, 2008400 marijuana plants seized in Arlington; value estimated at $2.6 million
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
ARLINGTON -- Federal agents confiscated more than 400
marijuana plants, worth an estimated $2.6 million, from a
house in far south Arlington on Tuesday.
Law enforcement officers said the operation in the 4,000-square-foot home in the 8400 block of Redheart Street was sophisticated, using indoor grow lights and other mechanical devices to produce the illegal crop. "In the past two years, our office has only come across something like this about twice a year," said Edward Van Patten, assistant special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Neighbors in the community, which is just north of the Arlington-Mansfield border, said they believed that something suspicious was going on in the home and that they very seldom saw anyone there. A white Cadillac Escalade and a black Cadillac CTS were parked in the driveway at the time of the seizure. Neighbors said other "nice cars" were often seen driving up to the house then disappearing into the garage. The windows were usually closed and the blinds drawn, neighbors said. By about 6 p.m. Tuesday, officers filled 10 30-gallon bags with marijuana plants, which were about three feet to six feet tall. Officials would not confirm whether any arrests were made, but neighbors said they saw two men being taken away in handcuffs earlier Tuesday afternoon. The owner of the house is Kris B. Kelley, according to online Tarrant Appraisal District records. Attempts to contact Kelley were unsuccessful Tuesday. MARIJUANA SEIZURE Officials said the marijuana taken from a far south Arlington home Tuesday was grown hydroponically, about three times stronger than marijuana imported from Mexico and worth 10 times as much. Hydroponic systems allow plants to grow without soil; special lights simulate sunlight, and watering systems operate on timers. By the numbers 8: Grow lights seized 15: Power couplings seized 4: Panels of lights seized 2: Pounds of marijuana produced by a single plant 400: Marijuana plants seized $2.6 million: Estimated street value of the plants Other notable busts May 2007: Law enforcement officials discovered more than 600 marijuana plants growing in a Burleson home. December 2006: Tarrant County investigators found 400 marijuana plants in a Watauga home. September 2006: A Dallas man was arrested after officers seized 178 hydroponic marijuana plants from a $400,000 north Arlington home. Sources: Drug Enforcement Administration and Star-Telegram archives
MITCH MITCHELL, 817-548-5411
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