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Loud argument results in marijuana bust

Called for a 3:30 a.m. disturbance, police return at 10 with a warrant

By Craig Brown, Columbian Editor
Published: September 1, 2010, 12:00am

Called to a Sifton home for a 3:30 a.m. for a domestic disturbance, police officers returned at 10 with a search warrant and confiscated $210,000 worth of marijuana.

Approximately 140 plants in all stages of production were removed from the home at 13907 N.E. 89th Circle, according to a news release from the Clark-Skamania Drug Task Force.

The incident began with a middle-of-the-night call of two residents arguing. While on the scene, sheriff’s deputies noticed that part of the 1,100-square-foot ranch house with an attached garage had been converted to a marijuana growing operation.

After the search warrant was obtained and the plants were seized deputies arrested a suspect, John C. Melick, 47, on suspicion of manufacturing marijuana.

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