What started as a verbal disturbance call turned into a marijuana bust on Sunday at the 8200 block of W. Trails West Drive.

A woman, who deputies later identified as a suspect’s sister, called the Boone County Sheriff’s Department when 40-year-old Carla Lewis and 39-year-old Daniel Loveall began fighting.

“It was a boyfriend-girlfriend thing,” Detective Tom O’Sullivan said. “They were yelling at each other.”

Lewis’ sister called to report a verbal argument between the couple. While the responding deputies began taking statements from the suspects, they discovered a few 16-to 18-inch tall marijuana plants growing in a bedroom. Investigators believe Loveall was growing the plants.

They also found Lewis in possession of a prescription narcotic without a doctor’s prescription, a Sheriff’s Department news release stated.

“Every now and then we find drugs like this,” O’Sullivan said. “Several months ago we got a call where a man and a woman were having a fight, and we discovered marijuana plants there.”

The deputies arrested both Lewis and Loveall. Loveall was arrested on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, which is a class A felony, but was later released on a summons by a judge.

“A class A felony is pretty serious,” O’Sullivan said. “First degree murder, rape and first degree robbery are class A felonies. But Loveall was released on a summons. The judge must have dropped his charge down to a misdemeanor.”

Lewis was charged with third-degree domestic assault for hitting Loveall on the head with a cell phone, and with possession of a controlled substance.

“It’s illegal to posses and manufacture marijuana,” O’Sullivan said. “It’s just another law we have to enforce. Twenty years ago marijuana was the number one drug. Right now we concentrate quite a bit of effort on meth.”