Deputies on Warrant Sweep Find Pot Plants on Back Porch

Sheriff’s deputies arresting a Coronado man at his home Friday for probation violations found 22 marijuana plants growing on his back porch, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies conducting a warrant sweep went to the home of James Gordon Duff on the 600 block of Eighth Street to arrest him for violating the conditions of his probation for DUI. As he was being taken into custody, a deputy found the marijuana plants on the back porch, according to the department.

Coronado police officers arrived and served a search warrant on the home and seized the plants, according to the Sheriff’s Department. They found more plants in the garage, and authorities estimated the street value of the marijuana at $35,000.

Duff is scheduled to appear before a judge on Monday morning for the DUI charge.