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Giant pot bust - Pembroke home among 10 found to be part of area marijuana-growing operation

BY NICHOLAS BROWN

An upscale Pembroke home joined a growing list of area marijuana-growing locations taken out in operation “Green Thumb,” a collaborative effort between local, state and federal policing agencies .

The three-bedroom Pembroke home, on three-and-a-half acres at 542 Rebecca Way, was one of 10 homes zeroed-in on in the largest drug find in state history.

Homes filled with marijuana plants in nearby Epsom and Hooksett have already been targeted by police, and those operations have yielded two arrests. State police said the Hooksett and Epsom busts led to the identification of other homes that were doubling as marijuanagrowing houses.

As of press time, no one had been arrested in association with the Pembroke home, which police estimate contained 1,500 plants with an estimated street value at maturity of $6 million.

In late October, police arrested 34-year-old Toan Nguyen, who is accused of growing about 780 marijuana plants – worth up to $2.7 million – in a Hooksett home at 24 Evelyn St.

Police were first alerted to the operation after firefighters responded to an exterior electrical fire at the home, where power was allegedly being diverted.

Just weeks later, on Nov. 2, police entered a home at 35 Woodcote Drive, Epsom, while investigating another alleged rerouting of electrical power. There police found 1,396 young marijuana plants along with about $2,000 worth of growing supplies, according to state police.

Police later arrested 37-yearold Chamber Tran and charged him with felonious drug possession with intent to distribute. A U.S. District Court judge has ordered that Tran be detained until his trial, which is scheduled for Feb. 21.

Published Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:49 PM by Hooksett Editor
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