Police seized more than 40 marijuana plants, two pounds of cultivated marijuana, $10,000 in cash, handguns and rifles when they responded to a burglar alarm at the waterfront home of a local dentist.
Dr. Raymond Pacholec, 61, was charged with possession of more than 50 grams of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute and operating a marijuana growing facility, police said. Pacholec was released after posting $50,000 bail.
According to Detective Sgt. James J. Smith, at 8:27 a.m. police responded a burglar alarm at Pacholec's home at Bayview Avenue and Magnolia Drive. Officers John Sperber and Don Rowley walked through the house with Pacholec, but did not find a burglar. They did, however, notice a strong odor of raw marijuana, Smith said.
The officers also saw other indications of illegal drug use and took the doctor into custody. Police left and obtained a search warrant, Smith said. The Ocean County sheriff's canine unit and Criminalistics Investigations Unit assisted. The State Police Marijuana Eradication Unit assisted in taking the evidence into custody.
The subsequent search turned up additional evidence, Smith said.
Pacholec has a practice on Route 9 in the Bayville section.
"I don't think it had anything to do with medicinal purposes," Smith said. Detectives are investigating. "This was really the result of good heads-up police work by the two officers who responded there for the burglar alarm," Smith said. "Without their keen observations, we never would have got involved with it."
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