JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
An investigation spanning nearly eight months led to a major drug bust Tuesday afternoon at a home in north Jackson.
Investigators say tips from people who live in the neighborhood led them to a house on Vine Street, where they arrested three men and confiscated over 100 pounds of marijuana.
Commander Jessie Robinson, Jr., says the bust should make a significant dent in the Jackson drug trade.
"With this much drugs being taken off the streets, that means that the people who commit crimes -- burglaries, auto thefts, armed robberies -- won't be motivated to go to this area and purchase drugs with that ill-gotten gains," Robinson said.
Robinson says the pot has a street value of about $140,000.
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