Hmmmm. Did I Leave the Water Running?

[January 11, 2008]  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Overwatering your plants is never a good idea, especially if they're illegal. Police were called to a three-family house in New Haven Wednesday on a report of a water leak from a second-floor apartment into the first floor.

Firefighters responded to the apartment, where they say they found a large marijuana growing system operation with a leaking watering system.

State and local police returned with a search warrant Thursday and found more than 331 marijuana plants with a street value of about $1.6 million, police said.

Mario J. Pena, 29, of New Haven, was arrested and charged with possessing marijuana with intent to sell, illegal cultivation of marijuana and operating a drug factory, state police said. He was being held on $500,000 bond and was scheduled to appear in court Friday.

[Associated Press]

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