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Hackensack marijuana growing operation had lighting, irrigation, more, police director says

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack firefighters responding to a stove blaze in a basement apartment found a large marijuana-growing operation — complete with lighting, irrigation and fertilizer, City Police Director Michael Mordaga said last night.

Photo Credit: Cliffview Pilot File Photo
Photo Credit: Cliffview Pilot

The Pine Street residence “was wired with grow lights, had an irrigation system and had several pallets of fertilizer,” Mordaga said, adding that two people were taken into custody.

“It was a major operation,” the director said.

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The flash fire was quickly extinguished around 5:30 p.m.

An investigation was continuing.

 

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