RAID NETS 400 POT PLANTS.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer One week after finding a massive marijuana farm tucked inside a Chatsworth home, authorities Wednesday raided another indoor pot nursery connected to the same operation, netting 400 plants and one arrest. Officials said Jack Wright, 41, was taken into custody without incident at a house he was renting on Fern Ann Falls Road The following roads are called Falls Road:
``This grow is directly related to the grow we took down last week,'' said John Cater John Cater (born 17 January 1932 in London) is an English actor. His television credits include: Danger Man, Z Cars, The Avengers, The Baron, Doctor Who (in the serial The War Machines), Mr Rose, , a narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . Cater held open the possibility that more people may be involved in the pot-growing ring. Four alleged members were arrested last week, suspected of growing top-quality marijuana that can fetch up to $4,000 a pound. ``This is some very potent, high-grade marijuana, destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for a marijuana user who is a connoisseur,'' Cater said. The midday raid also uncovered an explosive device - black powder black powder n. An explosive mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur, formerly used in firearms. in a foot-long, duct-taped tube - that was buried in a pile of clothes in a closet. Deputies blew up the device on the house's front lawn. Unlike some of the people arrested so far, Wright appears to be a relative newcomer to marijuana growing, officials said. Three people arrested last week had been busted before on similar charges, but authorities said Thursday they did not know of prior marijuana-related arrests for Wright. ``He was just starting to follow the Yellow Brick Road,'' said Sgt. Randy Dickey. Wright remained in custody Thursday, his bond set at $250,000. Like the two other nurseries raided so far, the duplex housed an expensive array of equipment for nurturing marijuana from tiny cuttings to mature, 4-foot-high plants. In one heated room, young plants were raised under glaring white lights, with a carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. generator working overhead. In another room, yellow lights simulated fall sunlight, prompting the plants to produce buds. The lights alone ranged in price from $200 to $400 apiece, deputies said. Wright had been living in the other end of the duplex, away from the plants. Deputies found the explosive device in his living room closet. They evacuated about 10 people from a nearby horse stable before setting off the device. The house lies at the end of a winding dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n lined with 30-year-old homes. Cater said that the duplex's owners did not appear to be involved in the pot-growing operation. Resident Rob Greene said that although the neighborhood had experienced occasional problems in the past, the area was usually quiet and safe. ``We've had problems with wanna-be militias coming up here from time to time and shooting their guns off, but nothing like this,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO A law enforcement officer displays bags of pot, each worth up to $4,000, that were seized in Thursday's raid. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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