A federal complaint says Andrea Sanderlin, of Scarsdale, operated a warehouse in Queens that contained a "sophisticated operation to grow and process marijuana."
The complaint was filed May 20 by a Drug Enforcement Administration agent. A DEA spokeswoman said today that the 2,800 marijuana plants would have been worth USD 3 million on the street.
Sanderlin's attorney, Joel Winograd, did not return phone or email messages last night or today.
The complaint says agents with a search warrant entered the warehouse and found two rooms designed to grow marijuana. It says each had state-of-the-art lighting, irrigation and ventilation systems.
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