WISE TOWNSHIP — Two people have been charged following a Michigan State Police investigation into black-market marijuana grow operations in Isabella and Midland counties.

According to an Oct. 6 news release from state police, the Marijuana and Tobacco Tax Investigation Section began looking into a suspected illegal grow operation on Nov. 2, 2024, after receiving tips about activity at a home in the 9000 block of Pere Marquette Road in Wise Township.

After a month of surveillance, investigators executed a search warrant on Dec. 17, 2024, seizing 257 marijuana plants, a pistol, a shotgun and other evidence of illegal cultivation. Evidence gathered at the scene led investigators to a second grow operation in the 600 block of Gensel Drive in Jerome Township, Midland County.

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