Pubdate: Sun, 19 Nov 2017
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
Copyright: 2017 The Press-Enterprise Company
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Author: Jim Steinberg

DEPUTIES SEIZE MORE THAN 3,400 POT PLANTS IN HIGH DESERT RAIDS

VICTORVILLE - San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputies seized 3,475
marijuana plants after serving search warrants at four High Desert
locations Friday, the agency announced Saturday.

All of the marijuana grows were not in compliance with the California
medical marijuana law or other ordinances, the sheriff's department
said in a statement.

At three of the four locations investigators found that the illegal
growers had tampered with the main power lines at residences to bypass
the electrical meters installed by the utility company, allowing the
theft of electricity needed to operate equipment used to grow marijuana.

The loss to Southern California Edison is believed to be in the
thousands of dollars, the statement said.

Here's what deputies found at the four locations:

1,138 marijuana plants and utility theft. Suspects' identification is
pending.

1,922 marijuana plants and utility theft.

The suspect has been identified but not arrested.

Investigators said the grows didn't appear to be linked together.
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