Crime & Safety

Citrus Park Grow House Discovery Results in Arrests

About 40 plants weighing 280 pounds were located within the residence along with an irrigation system, air circulation system and plants in pots.

Hillsborough County deputies discovered almost 300 pounds of marijuna at a Citrus Park home earlier this week, according to authorities.

The discovery resulted in three arrest, according to this Tampa Tribune story.

Elisabeth Guevara-Saavedra, 33, Raudel Gonzalez-Mesa, 34, and Lexiel Dominguez-Guevara, 18, all of 12501 Mondragon Drive, face charges of possession of marijuana, manufacture of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession for purpose of trafficking and trafficking in marijuana, police said.

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Mondragon Drive is off Henderson Road and south of Gunn Highway.

All three suspects are in the Hillsborough County jail.

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The estimated street value of the marijuana found is $840,000.00.

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