Florida cops waste time, effort and money busting a small-time grower

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The snitch knew many things about Luis Silva. He or she knew knew his name, date of birth and address. He or she could describe the 41-year-old father’s grey Dodge Charger with a paper tag and knew that Silva wasn’t supposed to be driving it, because his license had been suspended 10 times. But one thing the tipster didn’t know was how many marijuana plants Silva was harvesting inside his home.
The first clue should have come from Silva’s housing situation: He lived in a 300-square-foot Miami Springs efficiency with two kids and a dog. The operation couldn’t have been much bigger than a dorm-room set-up, by necessity.
But what officers found was worse than a college freshman’s get-rich-quick scheme. It was actually kind of sad. Cops found nothing more than some frail-looking plants hanging from wire hangers in a closet. In all, they seized 515 grams worth of weed, as well as an instructional manual on how to grow it. Miami New Times has the rest.

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