Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WEEKI WACHEE, Fla., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said they arrested five people who were inside a Weeki Wachee home during an alleged theft of marijuana. Hernando County sheriff's deputies said they arrived at the scene of an alleged robbery Tuesday morning in Weeki Wachee and the people inside the house said three to five pounds of pot had been taken, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Wednesday. Advertisement Deputies discovered 59 marijuana plants inside the home alongside cultivated cannabis, irrigation equipment and other items apparently used for growing the illegal plant. Authorities said at least three of the suspects admitted to knowing about the marijuana's presence in the house and one claimed to have not known the plants were marijuana. Wilson Rodriguez, 40, Escobar Serrano, 25, Javier Verde, 35, Jarol Zamora-Herrera, 34, and Batista Pena Yunet, 25, were arrested and charged with felony cultivation of marijuana. The suspects were taken to the Hernando County Jail on $5,000 bail each.
