About 9 years ago I had the same situation happen to me..while i was at work my piece of shit brother in law was stealing.I didnt know it..well exactly same thing happend as you..they wanted to come in and search for shit and i couldnt let them because i had a room with about 45 plants 2 or 3 weeks in flower..So i argued with them while my wife was pulling the plants out and putting them in trash bags..really i couldnt hide it..but it was the best we could do..I got rid of everything..better safe than sorry..good luck