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Hialeah Gardens police officers uncover marijuana growing operation
HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. -
Hialeah Gardens police discovered a marijuana grow house near Westland Gardens Park Thursday that detectives said was stealing electricity.To avoid raising suspicion due to the high-powered lights used to grow marijuana indoors, electricians are usually hired to bypass the electric meter and tap directly into the grid.Hialeah Gardens Lt. Carlos Fojo said officers seized 18 large marijuana plants and were taking apart a hydroponic lab that was running out of the house's garage. The marijuana police confiscated was valued at $100,000.In South Florida a pound of marijuana goes upwards of $4,000. And there is a high demand for marijuana grown in hydroponic labs, which produce plants with a higher level of THC, the agent that produces hallucinations.Fojo said police officers arrested Sandy Morales Castro, 33. Records show Morales owned the three bedroom home at 10435 NW 132 St. in Hialeah Gardens.Records also show that Morales used to own Sanlugui Transport in Hialeah Gardens and Sand Enterprises Transportation in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Man who escaped police custody caught in southwest Miami-Dade County
KENDALL, Fla. -
A man who escaped from police custody in southwest Miami-Dade County has been caught.
Jeremy Rojas, 20, escaped from a parked squad car at the Miami-Dade Police Department's Hammocks District station early Thursday morning.
"We knew he was handcuffed behind his back and somehow while in the vehicle, he was able to bring those handcuffs to the front and then have access to the outside handle," Detective Alvaro Zabaleta told Local 10.
Miami-Dade police searching for escaped prisoner
Rojas had been arrested on a charge of cocaine possession. His escape prompted students to be diverted away from a local elementary school. Parents of students at Claude Pepper Elementary were told to drop off their children at nearby Oliver Hoover Elementary as police searched
HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. -
Hialeah Gardens police discovered a marijuana grow house near Westland Gardens Park Thursday that detectives said was stealing electricity.To avoid raising suspicion due to the high-powered lights used to grow marijuana indoors, electricians are usually hired to bypass the electric meter and tap directly into the grid.Hialeah Gardens Lt. Carlos Fojo said officers seized 18 large marijuana plants and were taking apart a hydroponic lab that was running out of the house's garage. The marijuana police confiscated was valued at $100,000.In South Florida a pound of marijuana goes upwards of $4,000. And there is a high demand for marijuana grown in hydroponic labs, which produce plants with a higher level of THC, the agent that produces hallucinations.Fojo said police officers arrested Sandy Morales Castro, 33. Records show Morales owned the three bedroom home at 10435 NW 132 St. in Hialeah Gardens.Records also show that Morales used to own Sanlugui Transport in Hialeah Gardens and Sand Enterprises Transportation in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Man who escaped police custody caught in southwest Miami-Dade County
KENDALL, Fla. -
A man who escaped from police custody in southwest Miami-Dade County has been caught.
Jeremy Rojas, 20, escaped from a parked squad car at the Miami-Dade Police Department's Hammocks District station early Thursday morning.
"We knew he was handcuffed behind his back and somehow while in the vehicle, he was able to bring those handcuffs to the front and then have access to the outside handle," Detective Alvaro Zabaleta told Local 10.
Miami-Dade police searching for escaped prisoner
Rojas had been arrested on a charge of cocaine possession. His escape prompted students to be diverted away from a local elementary school. Parents of students at Claude Pepper Elementary were told to drop off their children at nearby Oliver Hoover Elementary as police searched