Drug investigation nets three arrests

RIDGEWAY, N.Y. (WIVB) - A month-long drug investigation in Orleans County resulted in three arrests Thursday.  The Sheriff’s Department and the Major Felony Crime Task Force executed a search warrant at a Horan Road  address, in the Town of Ridgeway.

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Police say they they seized an indoor grow operation with over 300 marijuana plants, over one pound of dried marijuana, a .22 cal rifle, scales packaging, indoor grow equipment and other drug paraphernalia.

Connected to the investigation, police arrested 50-year-old Jacob J. Callara and 46-year-old Alejandro R. Martinez, both of Horan Road, and 49-year-old Bruce W. Harrold of Lyndonville.

Callara, Martinez and Harrold are all charged with second-degree criminal possession of marijuana and unlawfully growing the plan known as cannabis. They were arraigned in Town of Ridgeway Court and committed to the Orleans County Jail.