Firefighters Find 140 Pot Plants at House
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities responding to reports of a house fire found about 140 marijuana plants and an elaborate processing system.
Firefighters were called Tuesday night by neighbors who reported hearing an explosion. The flames were quickly put out.
Inside, police found the plants -- some of them more than 4 feet tall -- and a system that used pressurized butane gas to distill the narcotic ingredients.
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