Police arrested four men Saturday after busting a marijuana growing operation involving hundreds of plants found in an abandoned Detroit office building.
The operation, in the 5000 block of Loraine, was run on $100 per day of electricity stolen from DTE lines outside the building, said Wayne County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Paula Bridges. Lights, heaters and dryers operated on timers, with plants ranging from six inches to six feet tall. They were labeled with dates and strain names.
Bridges said the growers looked to have set up shop last fall and that the value of the drugs was at least $750,000.
“This is the type of bust you don’t see often,” Bridges said.
Charges are pending and the names of the men arrested have not been released. Bridges said the sheriff’s department received a tip about the farm and began a two-week investigation. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms assisted.
Several rooms in the multi-floor building were filled wall-to-wall with plants. Fertilizer, light boxes and other paraphernalia littered rooms. Tow trucks removed a purple truck and light blue sedan from the street, in an industrial area near Warren Avenue and I-96.
One gun was recovered and three dogs were found on site, one English bulldog, one American bulldog and a mixed-breed. Bridges said the Michigan Humane Society would take custody of them.
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