KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Deputies in Osceola County said they shut down an illegal marijuana growing operation.
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Investigators said the grow operation was found inside of a home in a Kissimmee neighborhood.
Deputies searched a home on Pine Needle Trail on Monday and found pot plants inside worth around $80,000.
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Deputies arrested the resident of the home, 53-year-old Agustin de Armas Puente.
He is facing cultivation of marijuana charges.
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