West Haven police found around 600 marijuana plants growing in the backyard of a day care, police said.
According to police, officers responded to 159 Norfolk St., a licensed day care, on Friday after being called by state child care inspectors.
The inspectors called police when they were denied access behind a tall wooden fence in the backyard which they found suspicious, according to the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood.
Police obtained a search warrant and found about 600 plants, each between 6 and 10 feet tall, growing in a garden in the backyard, police said.
City housing inspectors shut down the facility and the day-care license was suspended.
State records indicate that the day care license is registered to Rosalee Miller.
Maggie Adair, a spokeswoman for the Office of Early Childhood, confirmed that Miller is the day care operator and said that the license is on summary suspension, which Miller can request a hearing to appeal. The state suspended the license because Miller denied inspectors access to the garden when they came on Friday.
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The suspension is separate from the criminal investigation, Adair said.
Police said arrests are forthcoming but did not name any suspects or detail potential charges.
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