10/29/2009
from the Kennebec Journal
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WILTON -- An anonymous tip Wednesday led to a search at a home where officers found a sophisticated indoor marijuana growing operation.
Police seized marijuana with a street value of $35,000.
The home at 5 Applegate Lane is owned by Eric Urdsick, 29, who was arrested on a charge of violation of bail conditions.
Additional charges for trafficking and cultivation of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia are anticipated, the investigating officer, Rick Billian, said Wednesday evening.
Urdsick has an extensive criminal record, he said.
Wilton Police Lt. Page Reynolds said Billian received a call from a citizen that alleged a drug dealer was growing pot in the Applegate Lane residence. When Billian went to the house, Urdsick answered the door but would not allow him to conduct a search.
Under Urdsick's bail conditions from a prior charge, he is required to submit to police searches.
Billian said when he was at the door, he could smell the distinctive odor of harvested marijuana, which became grounds to secure a search warrant of the property from a judge.
At about 3 p.m., Billian, Reynolds, Chief Dennis Brown, and Officers Josh King, Nathan Reid and Tim Coombs returned to the house with the search warrant in hand.
"There was an insulated room built in the basement that had a climate control system, venting fans, and grow lights. It was the best operation I had seen," Billian said.
Seized were two pounds of processed pot, 39 plants, scales, and bags used for packaging the marijuana for sale, Billian said.




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