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The shuttered L.S. Bowl-A-Rama complex in Nanticoke was one of the sites raided by police and narcotics agents as part of an investigation into a large-scale, multistate indoor marijuana growing operation, state police at Wyoming said.
According to police, search warrants executed Friday morning at several locations, including the Bowl-A-Rama, led to a seizure of 1,151 marijuana plants, three pounds of processed marijuana and about $100,000 in cash.
Police withheld the names of the people accused and the other locations searched, because the investigation is ongoing. Arrests will be forthcoming, and the case will be prosecuted through the U.S. Attorney's office, state police said.
Besides the state police vice and narcotics unit, investigating authorities include the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's Scranton office, Nanticoke city police, and the New Jersey State Police Marijuana Eradication Task Force.
Complex owner George Ellis would not comment.
A private developer was looking to buy the L.S. Bowl-A-Rama site for Luzerne County Community College student housing. The developer planned to demolish the complex and construct a building with roughly 120 units. LCCC was not affiliated with the project.
According to police, search warrants executed Friday morning at several locations, including the Bowl-A-Rama, led to a seizure of 1,151 marijuana plants, three pounds of processed marijuana and about $100,000 in cash.
Police withheld the names of the people accused and the other locations searched, because the investigation is ongoing. Arrests will be forthcoming, and the case will be prosecuted through the U.S. Attorney's office, state police said.
Besides the state police vice and narcotics unit, investigating authorities include the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's Scranton office, Nanticoke city police, and the New Jersey State Police Marijuana Eradication Task Force.
Complex owner George Ellis would not comment.
A private developer was looking to buy the L.S. Bowl-A-Rama site for Luzerne County Community College student housing. The developer planned to demolish the complex and construct a building with roughly 120 units. LCCC was not affiliated with the project.
