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Solano County Sheriff's Department deputies scored major pot busts Tuesday and Wednesday, uncovering neighboring indoor operations in Vallejo with a combined estimated value of $2.7 million to $3.2 million.
These are the fifth and sixth indoor marijuana-growing operations the department has uncovered in Vallejo in the past month, said Deputy Daryl Snedeker.
Sheriffs deputies were removing some 1,100 high-potency marijuana plants and thousands of dollars of hydroponics, lighting, watering and distribution equipment from the homes Wednesday, both on the 600 block of Sixth Street.
Alvaro Castro-Flores, 64, was arrested and later booked Tuesday night into Solano County Jail on suspicion of a series of marijuana-related charges, including cultivation, sales and transporting, in relation to one of the homes, Snedeker said. His bail was set at $250,000.
The sheriff's department determined that enough evidence existed to search Castro-Flores' home after he had a voluntary encounter with a deputy, Snedeker said.
Castro-Flores' entire two-story home, including an attic, had been converted into a nursery for the narcotic plants, except for a small bathroom and a bedroom, deputies found. Officials believe Castro-Flores was renting the home, on a dead end street, where the high-yield crop of plants was found.
A pickup truck parked next to the home Wednesday showed numerous open garbage bags of synthetic Styrofoam-like material that could be used to house seedling marijuana plants, officials said.
Deputies were investigating a link to the second home, which shared a backyard with Castro-Flores' home and contained the bulk -- about 800 -- of the plants, as well as 6-7 pounds of processed and ready-to-sell marijuana worth between $30,000 - $35,000, Snedeker said.
Plants in both homes were grown using the same system, Snedeker said. The second home, with four to five rooms, contained no living space, Snedeker said. Both homes had automated lighting and water systems that worked off a rotating belt, Snedeker said. Based on a review of the homes' Pacific Gas and Electric meters, suspects were apparently bypassing the meters, as their significant energy draws were not registering, he added.
Investigation into the operation is continuing, and further arrests are possible, Snedeker said, because it is highly unlikely the large operation was "a one-man-show."
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These are the fifth and sixth indoor marijuana-growing operations the department has uncovered in Vallejo in the past month, said Deputy Daryl Snedeker.
Sheriffs deputies were removing some 1,100 high-potency marijuana plants and thousands of dollars of hydroponics, lighting, watering and distribution equipment from the homes Wednesday, both on the 600 block of Sixth Street.
Alvaro Castro-Flores, 64, was arrested and later booked Tuesday night into Solano County Jail on suspicion of a series of marijuana-related charges, including cultivation, sales and transporting, in relation to one of the homes, Snedeker said. His bail was set at $250,000.
The sheriff's department determined that enough evidence existed to search Castro-Flores' home after he had a voluntary encounter with a deputy, Snedeker said.
Castro-Flores' entire two-story home, including an attic, had been converted into a nursery for the narcotic plants, except for a small bathroom and a bedroom, deputies found. Officials believe Castro-Flores was renting the home, on a dead end street, where the high-yield crop of plants was found.
A pickup truck parked next to the home Wednesday showed numerous open garbage bags of synthetic Styrofoam-like material that could be used to house seedling marijuana plants, officials said.
Deputies were investigating a link to the second home, which shared a backyard with Castro-Flores' home and contained the bulk -- about 800 -- of the plants, as well as 6-7 pounds of processed and ready-to-sell marijuana worth between $30,000 - $35,000, Snedeker said.
Plants in both homes were grown using the same system, Snedeker said. The second home, with four to five rooms, contained no living space, Snedeker said. Both homes had automated lighting and water systems that worked off a rotating belt, Snedeker said. Based on a review of the homes' Pacific Gas and Electric meters, suspects were apparently bypassing the meters, as their significant energy draws were not registering, he added.
Investigation into the operation is continuing, and further arrests are possible, Snedeker said, because it is highly unlikely the large operation was "a one-man-show."
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