People in a DeKalb County neighborhood were surprised to learn that more than 400 marijuana plants were seized by the GBI from a warehouse in Avondale Estates Tuesday.
"It's amazing,” Tim Delany, who works near the warehouse, told Channel 2 Action News. “It's a quiet street. It's a little industrial area. Police officers come through all the time. Everybody knows everybody.”
GBI agent Joe Chesnut said the grow operation had an automated watering system and liquid fertilizer. There were several varieties of plants that were cultivated for different tastes.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
The GBI found the warehouse after an agent got a tip, established surveillance and got enough evidence to secure a warrant.
Aside from the pot plants, authorities said they came away with information about who was in charge of the operation. No arrests were announced.
RELATED: Over 1,000 marijuana plants seized in Georgia raids; 2 arrested
This was the third major raid on a marijuana grow operation in Georgia recently.
The GBI and other agencies seized more than 1,000 plants in Franklin and Heard counties, according to the agency. Two people, both of whom are in custody outside Georgia, are facing charges in connection with those raids.
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