Galveston County Sheriff’s deputies, La Marque and Texas City Police, and officials from the Texas DPS Narcotics unit gathered for a garden tour yesterday in the back building of the purported cabinet-making business of Gregory William Stanley, at the southeast corner of 5th St. and FM 519 in La Marque. Thanks to careful attention to air flow and insulation, Stanley had been able to keep law-enforcement officials off the scent of his 240-plant greenhouse for a while:
The pungent aroma of marijuana was evident only upon entering the metal building.
The building had an extra ridge vent to help push the marijuana smell through the roof, sheriff’s office Lt. Tommy Hansen said.
“It’s all insulated,†[Capt. Barry] Cook said. “Foam board on the walls, silver insulating materials on the ceiling, and ultraviolet lights to help these plants.â€
Oscillating fans still were blowing air through the rooms as authorities photographed the evidence.
“There’s a ventilation, heating and lighting system, and they’ve got fans moving the air to keep it cool and damp in here,†Cook said.
- 4 charged in marijuana raid [Galveston County Daily News]
Video: Galveston County Daily News
I went to school with this guy!
Free the Weed!
Oh Boy!!!! These cops are so smart! They are really fighting crime! Go do something that really makes a difference in society! Give me a break!
What a huge waste of time and resources!
I’d rather see it grown here than smuggled across the border.
Prohibition didn’t work either, but it only took 13 years for early 20th Century Americans to figure that out and repeal that stupidity. In a similar way to prohibition, legalization/regulation would reduce crime and boost tax revenue, if people would just relax a bit.
California could erase their budget deficit if they taxed their #1 agricultural product.
Dislike.
The man wants you to think it all comes from Mexico. The good stuff is grown locally. Galveston County’s finest…..Not!
Pity to destroy all those pretty plants. You think this will drive up prices?
In the words of famous poets, NWA, “Fu*k the Police.” There is nothing wrong with herb. Drinking, tobacco and prescription drugs are worse. Stop spending my tax dollars on fighting this.
I find this funny but, seriously, does this have anything to do with any of the things listed below?
“About Swamplot
Swamplot covers real estate, home design and renovation, architecture, and the landscape of Houston, Texas.”
Sort of qualifies as news (to stoners).
Sounds like fairly high-tech “renovation.”
@Brad –
Um, real estate, home design and renovation, AND landscaping…
I guess it could qualify as Custom Construction… Sophisticated Climate Control… or value of good insulation.
Legalize it.
Too bad it’ll be decades before it happens here in podunk Texas.
He has taken Green Building to the next level!! Going Green is the future! Should have opted for a leed certified building!
Green Building, Green Grass, Green Money!!!