MEDIA RELEASE
Date: Oct 5, 2009
Time: 10:30 AM
Rainbow Lakes Estates, Florida-On Oct 1, 2009, the Levy County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force received information that subjects may be operating an indoor marijuana grow house at 11471 SE 136th Ter. in Dunnellon. After an initial investigation, information for a search warrant was obtained. The search warrant was then executed on Oct 1, 2009 in the late afternoon. Upon entry, the task force discovered 3 hidden rooms through a passageway located behind a refrigerator. These rooms were used for the cultivation and processing of marijuana. They had an intricate support mechanism made up of an advanced watering system, several grow lights and air conditioning needed to make this facility work. Agents state that it appeared that they had already harvested one marijuana crop since moving in early this year. As a result of this investigation, 4.5 pounds of processed marijuana was seized along with 105 marijuana plants. This makes the total seizure have a street value of over $100,000.
Arrested in the investigation were:
Duniesky Alfonso Soccorro
20255 SW122 Ave 103
Miami Florida 33177
Wm dob 1/8/76 born Cuba
Charges
Conspiracy to Traffic Marijuana
Possession of Marijuana More than 20 grams
Abelardo mesa Rojas
11471 SE 136th Terrace
Dunnellon, Florida
Wm dob 4/22/53 born Cuba
Charges
Conspiracy to traffic Marijuana
Cultivation of Marijuana
Possession of Marijuana More than 20 gms
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Maintaining a Drug Dwelling
Rocio I. Mesa is married to Abelardo Mesa Rojas
703 south west 100 court cir
Miami Fl 33274
Dob 8/21/1964 born Columbia
Charged
Conspiracy to Traffic Marijuana
Cultivation of Marijuana
Andres Camilo Gonzales
8842 W Flagler St Apt 208
Miami FL 33174
Dob 6/25/89 Born Columbia
Charged
Conspiracy to Traffic Marijuana
DWLSR
