Police Sarch Hammonton House for Drugs, Weapons
HAMMONTON - State, federal and local law enforcement officials have been searching a North Washington Street residence where roughly 200 marijuana plants, illegal weapons and illegal chemicals have already been confiscated, authorities said.
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At about 10 a.m. the Hammonton Police Department went to the 300 block of North Washington Street to perform a "knock and talk," according to police Chief Frank Ingemi, who said a subject there allowed authorities to search the property.
"The search revealed 200 marijuana plants, illegal weaponry and some chemicals that are illegal to possess," Ingemi said.
As of 5 p.m. the suspect, who was not named, was being questioned at police headquarters but had not been charged, Ingemi said.
Authorities including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the State Police bomb squad, Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office officers, the Hammonton Police Department and the state Department of Environmental Protection representatives were still on scene at that time, Ingemi said.
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