A search of a Milan home led agents of the Quad-City Metropolitan Enforcement Group, or MEG, to a major marijuana-growing operation in Knox County.

Sgt. Kevin Winslow said that on Jan. 30, MEG agents and Milan police searched a home at 1313 Hilltop Drive and seized 1,818 grams, or four pounds, of cannabis, a .380-caliber handgun and materials to package marijuana.

Arrested in connection with the Milan investigation was Thomas Green, 33, and Nicole Smith, 33.

Green is charged with one count of manufacture and delivery of cannabis, a Class 2 felony under Illinois law that carries a prison sentence of three to seven years. He also is charged with two counts of endangering the life and health of a child and one count possession of drug paraphernalia, both Class A misdemeanors that carry a year in jail.

Green was arrested at the scene Sunday and was being held Friday in the Rock Island County Jail on $80,000 bond.

Smith also is charged with one count of manufacture and delivery of cannabis and endangering the life and health of a child. She was arrested Monday and was released from the Rock Island County Jail after posting 10 percent of a $30,000 bond.