Grayson County deputies are calling it one of the largest drug busts in years. An alleged drug-dealing dad is arrested after authorities say they found more than 25 pounds of marijuana inside his home.

On the street, the marijuana could sell for $25,000. Investigators found those bags and $14,000 in cash locked in a gun safe in a home on Calais Street in Sherman.

A tip led them to conduct surveillance on the home and seek an arrest warrant for 27-year-old Robert Godwin. Deputies made the arrest Friday night. When they entered the home Godwin was holding his 18-month-old daughter and authorities say had been in the process of weighing and packaging marijuana.

Godwin lives at his parent's home. His parents showed up later that night, after taking Godwin's other five-year old daughter to the Sherman Christmas parade. Sheriff Gary says it's upsetting that parents and grandparents could raise children in this environment.

"I guess the thing that bothers me the most is there were two small children involved with this drug activity going on. Also, it's hard to understand how parents and grandparents, in this case, could allow for such a thing like this to go on also."

Godwin was arrested Friday and is being charged with possession of marijuana over five pounds in a drug-free zone. He lives just a few blocks of Dillingham School. He is already out on a $25,000 bond.    

Both children were taken into Child Protective Services.

Katy Blakey, KTEN News