This week, police in Johnston, Iowa discovered and seized 400 marijuana plants from a home on Longboat Drive. Homeowner Timothy Lantz was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the raid. He is being held without bond and, if convicted of manufacturing a schedule I controlled substance, could face up to 40 years in prison.
Police conducted an almost 2-year-long investigation into the property. The investigation was sparked when the owner of a storage unit contacted police because he discovered marijuana growing paraphernalia, including pots, lighting, plastic swimming pools, and plastic containers in large quantities.
The items were seized by police along with “suspected drug packaging material and trace amounts of marijuana.”
Police worked to find leads, and were later alerted to a “skunk smell” coming out of a home on Longboat Drive. Police then began to conduct surveillance on the property. Based on their findings, a warrant was issued for federal agents to enter to home on September 14th, and those warrants were executed on Wednesday morning.
According to court documents, “Agents found approximately four hundred (400) potted plants within the basement in various stages of growth, along with sophisticated electrical systems, lighting systems, ventilation systems, and watering systems that had been installed within the residence to support the indoor marijuana grow operation.”
Neighbors say they suspected Lantz smoked marijuana, but never that he had an elaborate growing operation in his home.
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iHydroEyez said on Sep 22, 2012
Saw this on my Local news, Happened like an hour away from me, shit looked nuts
dayzaway99 said on Sep 22, 2012
our tax payer dollars hard at work
RumpWax said on Sep 22, 2012
just wanna thank the snitch at the storage place…that was nice of your..to mind your own effing business like that…i have a 3 year old daughter…i feel no safer knowing those plants are gone…next time the law enforcement officers of Iowa wanna help the american people…they should try getting the flouride out of their drinking water..or something that actually prevents people from getting sick…
killacoldhearted said on Sep 23, 2012
hell no 40 years thats like a 1 yr for every 10 plants
said on Sep 23, 2012
fuck iowa
dabzaplenty said on Sep 23, 2012
I agree with Rump on this one I also have a 3 yr old and there is a lot of other things those funds and efforts that went into a 2 yr investigation could have been used for but out government has their head so far up their asses that they don't see it
jjgowdy89 said on Sep 23, 2012
this dude literally lived 5 mins down the street from my old house….being hes lived there 3 yrs. I can pretty much assume ive smoke that bud at sometime or another….just sucks knowing that i never knew!!!…and it might be a lil drier round here for awhile now…
kushjunkie420 said on Sep 24, 2012
i agree with vapor fuck iowa, i to live down yonder from bust but there are way better ways to use tax payers money fuck the police always going after the wrong fire!!