PUEBLO, Colo. — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Narcotics detectives seized 36 marijuana plants, worth an estimated $36,000, and arrested one person after finding an illegal grow operation in rural Avondale Friday morning.
According to the sheriff’s office, detectives went to a home in the 3200 block of 40th Lane after receiving information about a possible illegal marijuana grow on the property.
Detectives contacted the property owner, 55-year-old John Mata, who admitted he was growing marijuana and gave detectives consent to look on the property.
Detectives found 12 mature marijuana plants growing in an outdoor area. Mata also gave consent
for detectives to look in a recently constructed outbuilding on the property. Detectives found
another 24 marijuana plants in various stages of growth in the outbuilding.
Detectives found no evidence of a marijuana grow license for the property. State law allows only 12 marijuana plants per…
