10.18.2007

Weed It And Weep

Local Queens cops walking the beat had their noses tickled by the smell of marijuana, leading them to a stash with a street value of about $500,000.

Police found 300 live marijuana plants 10 lawn bags filled with drying weed in a one-story house on 269th St. in Floral Park Wednesday, after officers detected the odor of pot the night before. Three men were charged in the raid, and in an even more bizarre twist, the alleged weed-carriers split a power line, causing their neighbors bill to inflate from $300 to $800. It's going to be a dry winter....