1,102-plant grow in Canterbury home, barn and greenhouse raided
Connecticut State Police raided a Canterbury property on 9 August 2010 after a helicopter spotted cannabis during eradication flights, seizing 1,102 plants valued at about $1 million. Four people were arrested; officers also seized $1,600 in cash and cultivation equipment.
🇺🇸 41 Raymond Schoolhouse Road, Canterbury · Connecticut, United States
On 9 August 2010 the Statewide Narcotics Task Force, flying marijuana-eradication
missions over eastern Connecticut with National Guard helicopter support, spotted
cannabis plants on a Canterbury property from the air.[1]Ground officers went to
41 Raymond Schoolhouse Road, where they found four people at a property whose home
and large two-story barn had been converted into a multi-stage cultivation operation
around a greenhouse.[2][1]
Officers seized 1,102 marijuana plants in various growth stages, which police valued
at about $1 million, along with $1,600 in cash and cultivation equipment.[2]Richard Houghtaling, Thomas Phravixay, Sisouk Phravixay and William Eichin faced
charges including cultivation of marijuana over one kilo and operating a drug factory,
and were held on a combined $150,000 bond for court in Danielson the next day.[2]The task force called it one of the largest residential cultivation operations ever
found in Connecticut.[1]
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