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Vice and Narcotics Unit: two grow houses shut down in Hernando County

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HERNANDO COUNTY, FL -

Hernando County Sheriff's Office deputies were responding to a 911 call when they found what they believed to be a marijuana growing operation.

Anthony Calderelli, 25, told the deputies that his phone was messed up, and he was trying to call 6-1-1 on his cell phone to get help from tech support, according to the deputies' report. The deputies came in to verify nobody was hurt and found the plants.

Caldereli is in jail on trafficking, possession and cultivation charges.

The deputies arrested Scott Haynes, 54, in Ridge Manor executing a search warrant at his residence.

The total of 83 plants were discovered.

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