The Ellis County Press: Secret room reveals hidden pot

Secret room reveals hidden pot
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Editor on 07/17/2008 10:55:00


Special Report
RED OAK - Ellis County sheriff's deputies received an eye full when they
discovered a secret room in Red Oak containing more than 150 marijuana plants.
According to Sheriff's Captain Danny Williams, the authorities were tipped off
by an anonymous person.
The room, hidden through a secret door behind a bookshelf and only accessible
with a hidden key and a magnetic lock, was easily located beneath the detached
garage of a house, owned by Dwayne Marshall Nielsen, 46.
The concealed process had an irrigation system, grow lights and chemicals to
speed up the plants' maturity.
The room was able to generate between 30 to 40 pounds of marijuana every two
months.
Nielsen was charged with possession of marijuana.