Police couldn't track down their suspect, but they did find a lot more marijuana being grown illegally at a large two-story home on West Brooke Avenue.
In all, deputies seized nearly 3,000 marijuana plants and over 500 pounds of finished product.
Law enforcement agencies say it's one of the largest grows they've ever seen in the North Valley.
The smell in a Tulare County neighborhood wasn't coming from the nearby dump.
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office seized and destroyed more than 3,200 marijuana plants during a pot bust in Lindsay.
Nearly 2,000 marijuana plants have been eradicated by Tulare County Sheriff's Deputies.