Couple suspected of growing marijuana

By Brett Dalton
The Journal Staff
The Missouri State Highway Patrol found what it suspects to be several marijuana plants inside a Blue Springs home on Tuesday. According to Dan Green, spokesperson for Troop A, the MSHP was notified by an unidentified source of a possible marijuana-growing operation at 2200 S.W. Walnut Street in Blue Springs. Green said the MSHP issued a search warrant, entered the home on Tuesday morning and found what the MSHP believes to be 75 marijuana plants and two pounds of processed marijuana. Green said the plants were confiscated as evidence and have been sent to the lab to confirm that they are in fact marijuana plants. The estimated value of the plants, which "look like marijuana and smell like marijuana," is between $40,000 and $50,000, Green said. A married couple in their 50s was at the home when authorities arrived, as was their 2-year-old grandson. No arrests have been made, Green said, and potential charges will not be filed until the lab test results are returned and sent to the prosecutor's office.