Massive marijuana farm found near Modesto, Calif.

[unhappycamper]

Massive marijuana farm found near Modesto, Calif.
By Marijke Rowland
Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The largest indoor marijuana operation ever discovered in Stanislaus County, Calif., was busted by local, state and federal officers Monday.

A barn at 10815 S. Carpenter Road in Crows Landing was producing about $2 million worth of marijuana every three months, according to local law enforcement.

Six men were apprehended at the property Monday. The men, all from the Bay Area, were arrested and booked at the Stanislaus County Jail on suspicion of possession, cultivation and sales of marijuana; conspiracy; and weapons charges.

Law enforcement officials were tipped off to the operation in a rural area south of Modesto by a member of the public and launched an investigation. What they found was a large-scale growing operation with a generator to provide power to the lighting, irrigation and heating systems.

"It was sophisticated and elaborate to the point that it was so self-contained," said Sgt. Rick Armendariz, a Modesto police spokesman. "It had an industrial generator that was running everything, and everything was on timers and separated into different phases of growth."

[Ghost in the Machine]

1. I bet California could have used the taxes that 8 million a year in sales would have generated..

..and that's just from one grower! Legalization, Taxation & Regulation NOW!

[Syrinx]

2. I don't understand all this

It's legal to sell, but illegal to produce?

[ixion]

3. A waste of resources, human lives, money and marijuana... end the so-called 'war' on (some) drugs

and stop this idiocy.

[logosoco]

4. Articles/stories like this should always include the amount of time

and money that was spent making this "bust". And then include a chart or graph to show what OTHER things that money could have been spent on that would actually benefit the taxpayers who paid for it!

[CBGLuthier]

5. Sophisticated?

Timers and separate grow areas are a staple of just plain how it's done. The generator is just to keep the enormous electricity usage from being noticed.

Are the cops a bunch of fucking Amish?

[Poboy]

7. No, they just like to up the scare factor with drama words.

Ohhh, very sophisticated scary danger... much like the phantom threat of terror.

[madmax]

6. Legalize it already, damnit. nt