Complaint about dog leads to marijuana arrest in Tennessee

October 11, 2017 at 8:22 a.m. | Updated October 11, 2017 at 8:22 a.m.

by Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo, plants grow at the home of Jeremy Nickle, owner of Hawaiian Holy Smokes, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii says it will be the first state to require marijuana transactions to be handled without cash. Hawaii state officials said Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, medical marijuana dispensaries won't be allowed to accept cash beginning Oct. 1, 2017, and will have to use a debit payment app instead. (AP Photo/Marina Riker, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo, plants grow at the home of Jeremy Nickle, owner of Hawaiian Holy Smokes, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii says it will be the first state to require marijuana transactions to be handled without cash. Hawaii state officials said Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, medical marijuana dispensaries won't be allowed to accept cash beginning Oct. 1, 2017, and will have to use a debit payment app instead. (AP Photo/Marina Riker, File)

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - A complaint about an aggressive dog has led law enforcement to an indoor marijuana growing operation in Tennessee.

The Johnson City Press reports that a sheriff's deputy found the pot growing facility in an outbuilding of the Bulldog Hollow area of Carter County.

The deputy then contacted drug investigators who obtained a search warrant for the property.

Sheriff Dexter Lunceford says investigators found about 60 marijuana plants in the elaborate growing operation. They arrested property owner Sudhara Beaudry on a narcotics manufacturing charge.

Carter County online jail records had no information about Beaudry on Tuesday afternoon, including whether he has an attorney.

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