Police Say New York Woman Ran $3 Million Pot-Growing Business in Warehouse

Charged with another woman with growing 3,000 marijuana plants

SCARSDALE, N.Y.—A mother of two has beencharged with growing nearly 3,000 marijuana plants worth $3 million in Queens, officials said.

Andrea Sanderlin, 45, who is active in the equestrian community, is accused of conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants.

She has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn without bail.