Cops: Marijuana Farmhouse Raided in Bellmore
Two brothers from Freeport were arrested after a “grow house” was discovered and more than a dozen pounds of marijuana seized in Bellmore, Nassau County police said.A marijuana growing operation, like this one, was discovered in Bellmore on Tuesday.
Thomas Micciulli, 23, and his 26-year-old brother, Joseph Micciulli, were found with a combined total of five pounds of marijuana after they were both seen leaving an Alder Road home at about 3 p.m. Monday, police said.
Narcotics/Vice Bureau detectives executed a search warrant on the home Tuesday morning and discovered an additional 10 pounds of marihuana along with a hydroponics growth system, police said. The house was a rental with no other people living there, according to investigators.
Both men were charged with criminal possession of marihuana. They were arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
Posted Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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