Police enforcing eviction order recover 300 pounds of illegal marijuana in NYC building

Police enforcing eviction order recover 300 pounds of illegal marijuana in NYC building Law enforcement officers enforcing an eviction order at a Bronx building on Tuesday stumbled upon hundreds of pounds of illegal marijuana. The New York City marshal arrived at a building on Pelham Parkway South around 12:30 p.m. to execute an eviction order when they noticed the illicit plants and called the Joint Compliance Task Force, which is part of the New York City Sheriff’s Office, for backup, according to the Department of Finance. Officers at the building uncovered a whopping 300 pounds of marijuana plants, 147 THC flowers, and a sophisticated set of weed-growing equipment, officials said. Wild photos captured cops in masks and gloves hauling dozens of bushels of bud out of the apartment and examining rows of plant beds. Nobody was home when the massive bust unfolded, or was immediately arrested. “Illegal cannabis operations endanger the public safety and undermine legal establishments,” a Department of Finance spokesperson said in a statement to The Post. A person over age 21 can grow up to three mature and three immature cannabis plants at any one time. But, no residence can have more than six mature and six immature plants, according to the New York Office of Cannabis Management. You must apply for a license from the OCM to sell cannabis, according to the NYC311 website.