DEA Foils Indoor Marijuana Grow Operation
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Millions in Potential Profits from Neighborhood Grows







RIVERSIDE, CA. - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. Landrum and United States Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien announced the arrest of four individuals and the seizure of 5,600 marijuana plants and approximately $15,000 in U.S. Currency from five homes in San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles counties as part of an investigation into clandestine indoor marijuana grow operations. Today’s arrests and seizures are the result of a year-long investigation that has led to the discovery and dismantling of 33 clandestine indoor marijuana grow operations and the seizure of more than 19,000 marijuana plants.

“Drug traffickers are using sophisticated equipment and measures to transform their seemingly quiet suburban homes into illicit marijuana grow operations,â€