WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED TWO HOMES ON WILLOUGHBY STREET IN PORT CHARLOTTE EARLY YESTERDAY, BUT ONLY ONE WAS OCCUPIED. DEPUTIES SAY THEY ENTERED THE HOME AT 2154 WILLOUGHBY AT AROUND 6:30AM, WHERE THEY FOUND 54 YEAR OLD ROBERTO FIGUEREDO, WHO TOLD THEM HE RENTED THE HOME BY HIMSELF. DETECTIVES FOUND 47 PLANTS IN THE GARAGE AND A BEDROOM, WEIGHING A TOTAL OF ELEVEN POUNDS. FIGUEREDO WAS CHARGED WITH CULTIVATION AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A DWELLING KEEPING CONTRABAND SUBSTANCES. HE WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING $6000 BOND YESTERDAY. DETECTIVES ALSO RAIDED A HOME AT 2186 WILLOUGHBY, WHICH WAS UNOCCUPIED. THEY SAID THAT WAS A PREVIOUS GROW HOUSE, AND IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE WAS SETTING IT UP ANOTHER GROWING OPERATION. THE RAIDS WERE THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GROW HOUSES RAIDED ALREADY THIS YEAR."
