Police Raid 5-Story Bronx Marijuana Farm, 593 Plants Seized

An entire building was being used to grow pot, police said.

Police raided a five-story Bronx building that they believe was being used as a marijuana farm with hundreds of plants in an elaborate growing system.

A search warrant was executed at about 1 p.m. Tuesday at 610 Morris Park Ave., according to police. Investigators seized 593 plants, some as tall as seven feet, as well as 75 pounds of marijuana that had been cut, dried and packaged in plastic.

Sources told NBC New York that each floor of the building was used for a different stage of growth for the plants. It had been outfitted with an intricate ventilation and hydration system.

The seized plants and packages totaled about 1,550 pounds, police said.

Investigators said about 50 to 60 pounds of marijuana were being produced each month for a value of about $250,000.

Three Bronx men, ages 23, 24 and 25, were arrested and charged with criminal possession of marijuana and criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

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