Near 140th East Avenue at 101st Street North
The Owasso Fire Department responded to a house fire at 14019 E 101 St N at approximately 10PM on 05/14/2014. While extinguishing the fire, the fire personnel discovered a hidden room in the attic containing a large marijuana cultivation system and several marijuana plants.
The fire department contacted the Owasso Police Department and officers responded to the scene to investigate. The homeowner admitted to the illegal grow operation and gave consent for the officers to search his residence.
Officers recovered a complex hydroponic grow system, grow lights, over 40 marijuana plants, bags containing packaged/dried marijuana, scales, a loaded handgun and over $8000.00 in cash.
This case will be submitted to the Tulsa County District Attorney, seeking an out of custody arrest warrant for Cultivation of Marijuana and other related charges. The official cause of the fire has not been confirmed, but early indications point to a faulty ballast box on the grow lights as the source of the fire (possible electrical short).
