Yahoo! News - Police Find Drugs on Mistaken 911 Call Thu Mar 6, 8:11 AM ET
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Police found more than 75 marijuana plants inside a house after a woman who lived there mistakenly called 911 instead of 411.
Police said the woman dialed 911 shortly after 11:20 a.m. Tuesday. When she hung up, a police dispatcher called the number right back, and someone hung up again, police Sgt. Dan Rose said.
Two officers went to the house and found 76 plants valued at $76,000 growing in a room with sophisticated lighting. Officers also found three handguns and other weapons inside the house.
"We know something is going on, but we don't know what," Rose said.
A man, who was not immediately identified, gave police a prescription for medical marijuana. However, the quantity of plants made police suspicious, so they began investigating the authenticity of the prescription, Rose said. The man was arrested for investigation of cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale.
Another man who tried to run from police was arrested for investigation of parole violations and was sent back to state prison Wednesday.
The woman who misdialed was not arrested.
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