The raid was conducted by Wilbraham police and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents
WILBRAHAM – Police and federal agents raided a Brainard Road home Tuesday, seized 73 marijuana plants and arrested a 35-year-old man and 38-year-old woman who live there.
The raid was followed later in the day by an unrelated raid on a Springfield home that netted the arrest of a 40-year-old man and the confiscation of 91 marijuana plants.
Wilbraham police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents, following a joint investigation, executed a search warrant at 14 Brainard Road shortly after 8:05 a.m.
The raid resulted in the seizure of the plants, in various stages of growth, from three separate rooms in the basement. Fifteen items used in the indoor cultivation of marijuana were also seized.
Mark A. and Caroline A. Shields were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana.
The two were slated to be arraigned Tuesday in Palmer District Court. Information on their arraignments, however, was not immediately available.