JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – State agents found 1,654 marijuana plants growing in a Mandarin home Tuesday and arrested two men, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Police said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents were tipped off to a possible marijuana grow operation by JEA, which noticed the house on Caron Drive was pulling so much power that a transformer feeding the home blew out twice. As they approached, the agents said they could smell a strong of marijuana coming from the home and saw someone "moving frantically throughout the yard and garage area."

According to the arrest report, agents approached James Chisholm, 34, who said he did not live there, but one of the agents recognized him from a previous grow-house operation. With the help of the man's lawyer, police were given permission to search the property and found the plants growing.

Chisholm and Berlin Thomas, 45, who was in the house when it was raided, were arrested charged with trafficking in marijuana in excess of 25 pounds.

A neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said he saw the activity at the house and had spoken to the two men who lived there, but never suspected there was a large-scale grow operation going on inside.

"That's a very large number of plants, especially in a house like that," the neighbor said. "I'm still in shock, I can't believe it. I had no idea it was that much until you told me."

Neighbors are hoping these arrests prevent something like this from happening again in their community.

Chisholm and Thomas were held on $5,000 bond.