COLORADO SPRINGS — Area law-enforcement agents have found a marijuana-cultivation operation in a home on the city’s west side.
Colorado Springs police officers John Chadbourne and Troy Lindvall received a tip that a large amount of marijuana could be found at 501 Argus Drive.
Other officers were called in to help, and on Friday night, police conducted a “knock and talk” investigation. When 31-year-old Anthony Cappiello opened the front door, officers were struck by an overwhelming smell of marijuana.
In all, investigators seized 342 marijuana plants; 3.2 pounds of of refined marijuana; 63 grams of hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms; 161.9 grams of peyote; and three firearms. The majority of the plants were labeled “AK,” a grade of marijuana with higher levels of THC.
Narcotics agents estimated the street value of the drugs at between $350,100 and $404,000.
Cappiello is being held at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on numerous drug charges.
