Police: Olney raid nets $1.9 million worth of pot

Philadelphia and Cheltenham Township police raided an Olney residence with a search warrant Wednesday night and "seized an astonishing 95,340 grams of hydroponic marijuana, [with] a street value of $1,906,800," Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. John Stanford said in a Thursday news release. Eugene Horsch, 31, of the 400 block of West Chew Avenue, has been charged by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office with possession with intent to deliver, controlled-substance possession, and other offenses, Stanford said. On Tuesday, Cheltenham police conducted a car stop at Ogontz Avenue and Shoppers Lane in Wyncote and arrested Horsch on narcotics charges, Stanford said. - Walter F. Naedele