Local law enforcement continues their streak of record-breaking drug busts as they uncover thousands of pot plants at a south Lincoln home.

Lincoln Police say a concerned citizen tipped police off to the home after learning about other pot busts earlier in the week.

Wednesday night, that tip paid off when police discovered 1,796 live marijuana plants in the home owned by Tham Cao.

Michelle Crowley used to live next door to the home that housed the plants. "The shades were never up, windows never open, I kind of smelled something, never really thought of it, I was thinking last night, had a hint over there."

Crowley was visiting her parents who still live in the home at the time of the bust.

Crowley says, "These cars pulled up and police got out and had guns and vests and ran up to the house and could hear them yelling and banging and no was there so they used the battering ram."

Officer Katie Flood, of the Lincoln Police Department, says, "Of course we've stumbled upon grow operations in the past, but none that are quite this large and sophisticated."

Police seized the plants at 1921 Connie Road. A neighbor living nearby tipped off police after hearing about previous busts.

Crowley says, "They said the upstairs was full, the downstairs and even the shed outside."

A short time later police arrested 34-year-old Tham Cao at a different home and charged him with manufacturing a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

Crowley says the bust came as a shock. "Pretty incredible, you think your neighborhood is safe."