The Miami Beach police officer involved in two fatal shootings in a matter of four days last June was arrested Monday after police said he ran a massive marijuana lab out of his Miami-Dade home.
Adam Tavss, 35, was busted at his home on the 14000 block of Southwest 94th Circle Lane, where cops found 47 plants worth about $50,000, according to Miami-Dade Police.
Police said they had received a CrimeStoppers tip alerting them to the grow house being run by the former officer.
Tavss was released on bond shortly after his arrest.
Tavss resigned from the force last November after he failed a drug test that found pot in his system. It wasn't the first time that the troubled cop had been accused of dabbling in drugs. He was also reportedly investigated for cocaine use in 2007 after another officer accused him of using the drug.
The real trouble for Tavss came last June, when he Tavss shot and killed Husien Shehada, a 29-year-old tourist from Virginia who was walking with his brother on Collins Avenue around 4 a.m.
Tavss confronted Shehada and his brother Samer outside club Twist in the June 14 incident, believing they had a weapon, according to police. However no weapons were recovered after the fatal shooting.
Just four days later, on June 18, Tavss was back on duty when he was involved in the shooting death of Lawrence McCoy, a suspected carjacker.
