Rapper, brother accused of growing pot at home

Authorities have discovered 850 marijuana plants at a home in the 4500 block of Creek Point Lane in Missouri City.

Plants filled the second story of the large home, which had been converted specifically for the manufacturing of marijuana, officials said Friday.

Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force Capt. Rodney Glendening said it was a large, elaborate system compared to others the task force has encountered.

"This is a 5,000-square-foot home. There were six rooms full of marijuana," said Glendening, estimating that the plants would have yielded up to $4.2 million in a year's time.

The Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force had been investigating the home, the resident Bernard Harry Theriot, 36, and his brother Bryan Andrew Theriot, 32, for several months.

Bernard Theriot was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and delivery of marijuana. Bryan Theriot, a Houston rapper known as Tow Down, was arrested on warrants for delivery of marijuana and for possession of marijuana, cocaine and hydrocodone. He was out on bond at the time of this arrest on charges related to a marijuana-manufacturing bust at his residence a year ago, Glendening said.

The brothers are being held at the Fort Bend County Detention Facility.

Glendening said that the investigation started when marijuana sellers that were arrested offered information on the growing location.

"We started at the street level and worked our way up," Glendening said. "We consider this a professional grow."

The plants were hydroponic marijuana, a high-grade marijuana known on the streets as "hydro."

Now there goes the neighborhood...

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