Thousands of Dollars of Marijuana Plants Collected; Suspect is Still Being Sought

OCALA - Authorities raided a vacant home Sunday afternoon and found $43,000 worth of marijuana plants - products of what they called a sophisticated drug growing operation.

Investigators have identified a suspect but had made no arrests as of Sunday evening, sheriff's Sgt. Billy Dietrich said.

The raid was the work of the the Marion County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Team (MADET) and the Ocala High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Team.

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