REF:http://cannazine.co.uk/cannabis-new...pple-huge-marijuana-ring-authorities-say.html REF:http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/031209_Raid_nets_millions_in_drugs (My local News station) A series of raids Thursday on 13 homes toppled a major marijuana growing-and-trafficking operation based in west Volusia County, law-enforcement officials said. As of late Thursday, agents seized 800 marijuana plants, 60 pounds of cultivated marijuana and firearms. They arrested 15 people, include three of the four suspected heads of the organization, Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said. There may be more arrests and seizures, he said. The bust was a result of an 18-month investigation dubbed Operation Green Houses that targeted a group that moved its base of operation from Palm Beach County to Volusia before August 2007. Its members came to Central Florida hoping to escape the scrutiny of law enforcement, deputies said. Eight homes in Deltona, two in DeLand, and one each in DeBary, Orange City and Seminole County were raided starting at 9:30a.m., Davidson said. The investigation included members of the Volusia Bureau of Investigation, a task force made up of officers from several county jurisdictions. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and federal agencies also were involved. The marijuana was being sold in Florida and New York. James Sweet, who lives next to a home that was raided on Lehigh Drive in Deltona, said his neighbors seemed perfectly normal - until officers showed up Thursday. He often shouted "hello" in Spanish to the two men who lived there. They said "hello" back. They waved when they saw him, were never too noisy and kept their yard neat. Sweet moved to the neighborhood because people said it was the nicest one in town, and the lakefront home next door was as nice as his own, he said. Property records show it was bought for $354,000 in 2006. "Nobody had any idea," Sweet said. Leaders of the drug operation chose Volusia as its home base because they had friends or relatives in the area, said Capt. Jim Melady, head of investigations for the Sheriff's Office. "I don't think there was anything special about the location," Melady said. A man deputies describe as a "kingpin" will be held on $1million bail on a variety of drug-trafficking charges. Davidson would not release his name or those of others taken into custody, citing the ongoing investigation.