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Two arrested in Lehigh Acres grow house operation

195 plants found in home
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- Anonymous tips to the Lee County Sheriff's Office have led to the arrest of two people after the discovery of a Lehigh Acres grow house.

According to the sheriff's office, a search warrant was served at a home in the 1200 block of Earnest Street in Lehigh Acres.  Inside the home, 195 marijuana plants weighing nearly 200 pounds were discovered in two rooms.

50-year-old Philip Magnotti and 22-year-old Natasha Borkowski were arrested from the house and charged with Producing Marijuana, Trafficking Marijuana and Own or Rent a Structure to Traffic Drugs.