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The fire caused about $45,000 damage to the home's structure and contents, Lawrence said, <br />adding that none of the suspected marijuana plants were burned. The Oceanside Police <br />Department is investigating. <br />Source: http:/1~uww.lOnews.com/news/1OS433)9/detail.htsnl <br />Utility scam leads to pot <br />Nearly $2 million in marijuana found in home with sophisticated electrical system <br />K~u,.herine Koseriber~7, January 26, 2007 <br />APPLE VALLEY -The numbers are about as staggering as the stench of marijuana was <br />to investigators when they served a warrant at a local. home. Realizing they were being <br />ripped off to the tune of $25,000, Southern California Edison. employees requested the <br />help of the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department in investigating a Riverside <br />Drive home where the electrical system had been circumvented so that the residents were <br />receiving free electricity....When officials arrived they found more than asix- to <br />eight-month-long utility scam -the home was filled with 571. marijuana plants with <br />the potential to gross nearly $2 million....... "It was really elaborate. I haven't seen <br />one that good in years." Proctor also explained that there was roughly $50,000 in <br />cultivation equipment alone. He said there was a processing room where seedii.ngs <br />matured and a grooming room where trimming took place. The three-car garage was <br />converted into a "grove" where heat lamps and cooling systems were on timers, water <br />was filtered and carbon dioxide was pumped into the room to promote growth. "These <br />people knew what they were doing. It was a very nice set up. These weren't amateurs," <br />Proctor said. But the sophisticated system was also very dangerous to the community. <br />Proctor said that Edison officials told him the daily kilowatt hours going into the home <br />were 670 percent more than the kilowatt hours in an average home with the air <br />conditioner running. "It was so hot it's a wonder That the house didn't catch on fire, it was <br />that bad...... <br />Source: http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20070126/utility-scam-leads-to-pot <br />California Agents Make $6 Million Pot Bust <br />Updated: February 8th, 2007 11:36 AM EDT <br />A major indoor marijuana growing operation was raided in West Sacramento on <br />Wednesday. Authorities said the operation was discovered. inside a warehouse near a <br />home on Jefferson Boulevard. Investigators said fh.ey received a tip about suspicious <br />activity in the area and staked out the property. The West Sacramento investigation <br />also led police to four other locations in Oakland. Authorities said four homes were <br />searched and about 1,500 pot plants were found with a street value of $6 million. <br />Five men and one woman were arrested in Oakland. Authorities said the bust would not <br />have been possible without a tip from. a neighbor. <br />Source: http://www.officer.cam/article/artic(e.Jsp`?siteSection=l&id=3481.3 <br />Crackdown on Oakland marijuana ring; six arrested <br />Henry .[..Lee, Chronicle Staff Wi-itc;r /Wednesday, February 7, 2007 <br />OAKLAND --State and local law-enforcement swooped in on several Oakland homes <br />today, including one across the street from an elementary school, as part of a crackdown <br />on a Northern California marijuana-growing ring that produced plants with a street value <br />of $6 million, authorities said. <br />9 <br />75A-104 <br />