Full Notification

Incident:  Indoor Marijuana Cultivation; Case #15-1797

Contact:  Watch Commander – (626) 574-5156

Date / Time of Release:  April 11, 2015 – 7:00 AM

Officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of East Newman regarding a broken pipe that flooded the home. The home owner, who was out of town, was notified by a neighbor of the water leak.  The owner asked his realtor to check on the investment rental property who discovered an indoor marijuana cultivation.

Arcadia Detectives obtained and served a search warrant at the home for an illegal indoor marijuana cultivation.  Once inside the residence, Arcadia Detectives searched the home and found the majority of the residence being used as a sophisticated, indoor marijuana grow operation.  Approximately 700 marijuana plants were being grown in various rooms throughout the house. The grow consisted of multiple rooms with lighting, ventilation, electrical wiring, irrigation and drying bins strewn throughout the residence.  It appeared the electrical set-up was bypassing the meter and also tapping directly into electrical service.  There was no evidence of this being a medical marijuana related grow and nobody was located inside the dwelling.   

This case is currently being investigated by Detectives from the Arcadia Police Department. Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to contact the Arcadia Police Department at (626) 574-5151, case #15-1797. If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the tip web page at Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers.

Robert T. Guthrie, Chief of Police

By: Colleen Flores, Lieutenant