BUTLER TWP — Narcotics officers on Sunday found a sophisticated marijuana grow operation after serving a search warrant at a home in the northeast corner of the township.

The operation was so large, authorities said, that it took two trucks to haul away all the evidence seized.

"It's the biggest indoor operation I've seen in Butler County," said Pat Cannon this morning. He heads the Butler County Drug Task Force and has served in law enforcement in the county for 35 years.

Task force officers confiscated 183 potted marijuana plants, lights and other equipment, as well as computers from the older, two-story house just north of Butler Memorial Hospital, according to court documents.

Outside the house, three surveillance cameras were attached to a pair of monitors, police said, which allowed the two men living inside to see who was coming and going.

Kirt William Jones, 24, and Steven Kennedy, 24, both of 146 Carl Ave., were arrested and face four felony drug counts and other charges.

They remain in the county prison on $30,000 bail each.

District Judge Sue Haggerty at 5:14 p.m. Sunday issued a warrant for police to search the defendants' house. About 35 minutes later, officers served the warrant, which came after a three-week investigation.

The marijuana plants, which ranged from 1 to 2 feet high, were found in two separate climate-controlled rooms with artificial lighting and watering systems.

Authorities estimated the value of the marijuana seized at $25,000.

Haggerty arraigned the men on charges of manufacture of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two counts of conspiracy, and possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.