A Warsaw couple was arrested Friday for allegedly running an indoor marijuana growing operation.

Kenneth Schue and Laura Sue Schue, both of 460 E. CR 450S, Warsaw, were booked into Kosciusko County Jail Friday evening on identical charges of maintaining a common nuisance, dealing marijuana, possession of paraphrenalia and two counts of possession of marijuana. Bond for each was set at $5,000.

The couple operate Schue's Landscaping. Further charges may be pending in the case, police said.

Around 2:45 p.m. Friday, the Indiana State Police Marijuana Eradication Team was preparing to serve a search warrant on the Schue residence when members of the team reportedly saw Kenneth Schue tending marijuana plants near the CR 450S address.

Kenneth Schue was then taken into custody for possession/cultivating marijuana. Police said he was the person they expected to find in the residence they were preparing to search.

When officers served the search warrant on the residence, they found additional evidence of possession and distribution of marijuana, and also discovered an underground growing operation beneath an outbuilding near the home.

Officers reportedly seized more than $4000 in cash, 14 firearms, 125 cultivated marijuana plants, drug paraphernalia and cultivation equipment.

Indiana State Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers, Kosciusko County Drug Task Force members and the Indiana State Police Marijuana Eradication Team assisted in the operation.

People with information on cultivated marijuana are encouraged to contact the Indiana State Police marijuana tip line at 888-873-1694. [[In-content Ad]]