According to Peachtree City Police, James M. Lourim went a little too far with his home-grown business.

Lourim used a bedroom closet to grow a significant amount of marijuana plants at his home in the Sandown Creek subdivision, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray.

“It appeared to be for more than just recreational use,” Murray said of the crop, which was confiscated by police Tuesday.

Officers serving a search warrant found that the marijuana was being grown in a closet of the master bedroom, complete with a watering system and special lamps designed to help the plant grow without sunlight. Also found in the home were several books and DVDs showing how to cultivate marijuana, police said.

Lourim was charged with one felony count of manufacturing marijuana, and will face additional undetermined charges, Murray said. The case came to light after complaints from the owner of the home, who came all the way from Texas to file a police report on the case, police said.

In addition to the marijuana, Lourim was growing mushrooms in glass jars that were packed into boxes, and a log book detailing how they were produced was also recovered, police said.

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