SEBRING — Police discovered an alleged grow house for cultivation of illegal narcotics when they responded early Friday morning to a disturbance at 2611 Josephine Drive, said Major Mark C. Schrader of the Highlands County Sheriff’s Department.

Sheriff’s deputies responded at 5:24 a.m. to the single-story home after a neighbor reported the sound of either of a thrown rock or gunshot.
Shortly afterward, four males were questioned after the vehicle they were riding in was stopped by sheriffs deputies east of the home on Lake Josephine Drive. Schrader was not immediately aware of any connection between the vehicle stop and the earlier disturbance.

At about 11 a.m., Highlands County Sheriff Deputy Juan Delgado was preparing a white van which might be linked to the home for possible seizure and impoundment.

The van was earlier occupied by a lone male and parked on a dirt road off Orange Blossom Blvd., about two miles southwest from the home on Orange Blossom Blvd., said Delgado.

The sheriff’s department had sought but not yet secured a search warrant at the Lake Josephine Drive home as of 10:30 a.m.