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THOUSANDS OF POT PLANTS SEIZED AT 3 SANTA ROSA HOUSES
Published on October 31, 2008
© 2008- The Press Democrat
BYLINE: PAUL PAYNE, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT PAGE: B1
Santa Rosa police Thursday raided one of the largest indoor
marijuana-growing operations in the city in the past few years, seizing thousands of plants, 42 pounds of processed pot and $63,000 in cash. ``It was the biggest we've seen in the past couple of years,'' Sgt. Eric Litchfield said.
Jeffrey Alexander Moore, 46, was arrested in connection with the operation, which was being run out of three houses he rented in different parts of the city, Litchfield said. Moore was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of
marijuana sales and cultivation. His bail was set at $500,000, Litchfield said. Moore was in possession of a doctor's recommendation for growing
marijuana for medical purposes, but it allowed only 30 plants or 3 pounds of pot, Litchfield said. The bust followed a three-week police investigation. In searches of two houses on Bodie Street in the northwest part of the city and a house on Bennett View Drive in southeastern Santa Rosa, officers seized a combined 1,223 maturing plants ranging from 1 to 4 feet tall, Litchfield said. The plants had a potential yield of about 600 pounds with a street value of $1.6 million, he said. Also seized were 2,702 starter plants, two guns, a pickup and a Corvette, Litchfield said. Because of the magnitude of the operation, police are seeking federal prosecution of the case, Litchfield said. The most recent indoor
marijuana bust netted about 600 plants, he said. ``This is much larger than average,'' Litchfield said. ``It is a large commercial grow.'' The houses on Bodie Street were side by side. Moore was living in the Bennett View Drive house, and his mother was living in one of the other houses, Litchfield said. There was no indication that the owners of the homes were involved, Litchfield said. You can reach Staff Writer Paul Payne at 762-7297 or
paul.payne@pressdemocrat.com.
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