Police Bust Marijuana Grow Operation in Willimantic

A Willimantic man was arrested after police found dozens of marijuana plants and a marijuana growing operation in his home.

Police said they seized 48 individual marijuana plants, lighting and other growing materials from Mark O’Donnell’s home on School House Lane on Sunday evening.

O’Donnell, 43, was charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of paraphernalia within 1,500 feet of a school.

He was released on a $5,000 bond and is due in Danielson Superior Court on July 6.

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