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This sure seems to be happening a LOT more often with the increase in "big" grow operations.. Lat year a pro-active mmj grower was killed in a home invasion, in colorado, for his stash/grow...
Just goes to show, "criminals/theives" are at least as big a worry as leo.
in addition..
"The Daily Journal
More than 20,000 marijuana plants were eradicated by police but no arrests were made last Thursday and Monday in Ukiah area raids.
Three grows, totaling 7,714 plants, in the Rose Creek and McGarvy Creek area of Masonite Road were eradicated. During training for the Drug Enforcement Agency, students from nine agencies flew over the grows to complete the training, which ranged from spotting a grow to eradicating a grow, the Sheriff's Office stated.
It is not uncommon for police to arrest no one in these types of raids because the occupants of the grow sites flee when they hear police flying above them in a helicopter, Lt. Rusty Noe of the Sheriff's Office said.
On Monday, 13,000 marijuana plants were eradicated near the Red Mountain Campground east of Ukiah, the Sheriff's Office stated. Monday was also the first day of the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting's raiding season.
COMMET statistics for the year to date as of today are: 62,000 marijuana plants eradicated, 30 people arrested and 33 guns seized among 44 grow sites in Mendocino County.
Of the 62,000 plants, 27,000 of been seized since Thursday of last week with more expected this week, Noe said.
In the Thursday Masonite Road raid, COMMET and DEA students participated in the raid. Monday's raid was a combined effort between COMMET, CAMP and BLM."
Just goes to show, "criminals/theives" are at least as big a worry as leo.
Castro Valley Shooting, Pot Robbery May Be Linked
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A 31-year-old Castro Valley business owner was fatally shot inside his hydroponics equipment store Friday afternoon, an Alameda County sheriff's sergeant said.
Deputies responded to Alameda County Hydroponics at 20910 Redwood Road at about 2:45 p.m. on reports of shots fired and found the store's owner, a Castro Valley man, suffering a gunshot wound, Sgt. Ray Kelly said. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he died.
"At this point it appears two male suspects ... entered the business about the time of the shooting, there was some type of altercation inside and the proprietor of the business was fatally wounded by gunfire," Kelly said.
The motive of the shooting is under investigation.
"We're interviewing several witnesses and trying to figure out what happened exactly and why this happened," Kelly said.
The two male suspects fled the scene of the shooting on foot.
Kelly said deputies responded to a separate incident at about 5:15 p.m., a home-invasion robbery a couple miles away from the hydroponics store.
Three males entered a Castro Valley home, tied up the victims and stole a large amount of marijuana as well as the victims' vehicle, Kelly said.
Deputies spotted the vehicle and pursued it into San Leandro where it crashed. The driver of the vehicle was arrested following a foot pursuit, but the passenger got into the driver's seat and drove the vehicle into Oakland, where it crashed again.
That suspect was then arrested in Oakland, Kelly said. The third suspect in the home-invasion robbery remains at large.
Authorities recovered a gun that was thrown out the window of the car during the pursuit, Kelly said.
Investigators are working to determine if there is any connection between the homicide and the robbery.
"At this time...we're looking to see if there's similarities in the case," Kelly said.
in addition..
"The Daily Journal
More than 20,000 marijuana plants were eradicated by police but no arrests were made last Thursday and Monday in Ukiah area raids.
Three grows, totaling 7,714 plants, in the Rose Creek and McGarvy Creek area of Masonite Road were eradicated. During training for the Drug Enforcement Agency, students from nine agencies flew over the grows to complete the training, which ranged from spotting a grow to eradicating a grow, the Sheriff's Office stated.
It is not uncommon for police to arrest no one in these types of raids because the occupants of the grow sites flee when they hear police flying above them in a helicopter, Lt. Rusty Noe of the Sheriff's Office said.
On Monday, 13,000 marijuana plants were eradicated near the Red Mountain Campground east of Ukiah, the Sheriff's Office stated. Monday was also the first day of the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting's raiding season.
COMMET statistics for the year to date as of today are: 62,000 marijuana plants eradicated, 30 people arrested and 33 guns seized among 44 grow sites in Mendocino County.
Of the 62,000 plants, 27,000 of been seized since Thursday of last week with more expected this week, Noe said.
In the Thursday Masonite Road raid, COMMET and DEA students participated in the raid. Monday's raid was a combined effort between COMMET, CAMP and BLM."