CARY, Ill. • Authorities executing a search warrant at a suburban Chicago home last week found a marijuana growing operation, processed drugs — and a 5-foot-long alligator.
The McHenry County sheriff's office says 26-year-old Nicholas Cosmano faces multiple drug charges after the search of his Cary home.
He was also fined $200 for violating the county's animal control ordinance for keeping Snowflake the alligator as a pet.
Cosmano is being held on $25,000 bond.
Police say they found Snowflake in a bathtub at the home. It has been turned over to the Chicago Herpetological Society for safekeeping.
Officers say the house also contained 16 marijuana plants, 100 grams of processed pot, grow lights, growing chemicals and drug paraphernalia.
