Cops: Tip Leads to Discovery of Marijuana-Growing Operation

Morristown Police concluded a month-long investigation of a Sussex Avenue residence that resulted in the discovery of a marijuana growing operation, according to police reports.

Morristown resident Ronald Post, 47, the owner of the residence where police said the marijuana growing operation was taking place, is still at large.

Police said that on Aug. 3, the month-long operation concluded, disrupting what they are calling a "marijuana grow operation" at the Sussex Avenue residence.

A tip was received from a resident in the area who reported seeing "several large marijuana plants in the backyard of the house, which is adjacent to the Sussex Avenue Elementary School," according to police. 

Upon searching the house, police found 15 large marijuana plants, water pipes and marijuana-growing equipment and a Mossberg, 12-gauge shotgun, according to police.

Post is currently still being sought and the investigation remains open until he is captured, according to police.

Anyone with information can call the Morristown Police Department at 973-292-6614 or Morris County Crimestoppers at 973-COP-CALL.