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Western Mass. bust yields 13 pounds of marijuana

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(Mass. State Police)

Some of the plants at the house were 4 feet tall, police said.

By Benjamin Paulin, Globe Correspondent

A 52-year-old Western Massachusetts man is facing drug charges after State Police allegedly found 200 marijuana plants, 13 pounds of bagged marijuana, and bags of money stuffed in a vacuum cleaner and clothes dryer in his two homes.

Bobby Kay was arraigned Friday in Greenfield District Court on charges of possessing a Class D narcotic and cultivating a Class D narcotic, among others. The charges were the culmination of a three-week investigation, State Police said.

Authorities allege that Kay used two houses on Greenfield Road, a densely wooded street in the town of Colrain, to grow and distribute marijuana. Police, with assistance from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, found bags of marijuana inside a kitchen cabinet, a gun locker, and a clothes dryer during a search of the home. Police also found $8,500 in cash.

Police found marijuana plants more than 4 feet tall behind a corner of one of the houses. Sergeant Michael Popovics, a State Police spokesman, said the property was "off the beaten path."

Kay is being held at the Franklin County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.