DESOTO COUNTY — Two grow-house busts in DeSoto County and one in Hardee County netted almost 6,000 marijuana plants, estimated to have a potential street value of nearly $11 million, according to DeSoto County Sheriff William “Will” Wise.

The Sheriff’s Office learned of the two DeSoto grow houses thanks to a tip from an alert citizen, who saw suspicious plants and also detected their odor, said Maj. Sam Williamson of the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.