Pot Smell, Okay, But Water Leak Not

This says a lot of human nature: Firefighters discovered a hydroponic farm in a Brooklyn apartment only after someone complained about a water leak. AM New York says that the "smell of marijuana was unmistakable in the hallway" but no one ever complained about that. So, when a neighbor called 911 about the leak, firefighters found a "full-scale hydroponic marijuana operation." The police are still looking for the couple who rented the apartment and seemingly managed the farm. We're suprised the growers didn't try to install a window unit ventilation fan, but that's probably the least of your problems when you've got a leaky hydroponics system. And that leak must have been bad for someone to call 911 - or the super might just be that unresponsive. Hmm, maybe those Lower East Side tenement apartments with the bathtubs in the center of rooms are appropriate for some things...

This brings back memories of the Eldridge Street pot farm hidden by sliding bookshelves (upstairs from a day school), last year's mob-related pot empire bust and the police pulling over a guy over a traffic issue but finding 500 pounds of pot in the car.