Thread: $2.1 million in pot found in Mission Viejo, CA. home

Published: June 9, 2011
Updated: 1:04 p.m.

$2.1 million in pot found in Mission Viejo home

By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

MISSION VIEJO – About $2.1 million in pot was seized Wednesday night after investigators discovered an indoor marijuana farm, authorities said Thursday.

A total of 680 marijuana plants were seized from a home on the 23000 block of Bough Avenue, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies and investigators searched the home at about 6:30 p.m. after obtaining a search warrant.

Authorities also found 22 pounds of processed marijuana, six ounces of hashish and $2,700 in cash, Amormino said.

The search warrant was executed by members of the sheriff's Special Bureau of Investigation. One person was inside the home when deputies arrived, but no one was been taken into custody, Amormino said.

It was not immediately clear what led authorities to the home, or where the marijuana was intended to be sent.

The case remained under investigation.

Contact the writer: shernandez@ocregister.com or 949-454-7361

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The hydro (power) company might have tipped them off. The spike in electric usage to that particular residence probably went sky high!

Originally Posted by nomas

The hydro (power) company might have tipped them off. The spike in electric usage to that particular residence probably went sky high!

Last night on the news I saw a big warehouse grow operation that got busted and they had tapped into the electricity before the meter so they paid for no electricity in a building that was supposed to be vacant.