A 48-year-old Lexington man was arrested on charges of 73 marijuana plants with a street value of $109,000, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The arrest came after the sheriff's office discovered a total of 192 marijuana plants in various parts of the county this week, Sheriff David Grice said in the news release.
The sheriff's office found 39 marijuana plants in a grow lab near Thomasville Tuesday. The next day, the sheriff's office found 80 marijuana plants on Enterprise Road near Midway. The 73 marijuana plants were found yesterday in the basement of a house on Pleasant Hill Road.
Guy Franklin Byrd of 135 Pleasant Hill Road was charged with manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with the 73 marijuana plants.
He is in the Davidson County Jail with bond set at $10,000.
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