Police recovered more than 2,000 pot plants and 86 pounds of marijuana Tuesday evening from a massive grow operating under the guise of a medical marijuana collective.
Yet police didn’t make any arrests. They say they just want to bring the operation into compliance with state laws.
Neighbors complained to authorities about an “overwhelming smell” coming from a large pot grow, according to Seattle police reports.
Police served a search warrant Tuesday night at a home and a warehouse in West Seattle and a house on Beacon Hill. There, they found what detectives called an “unprecedented” volume of illegally-grown pot plants, reports say.
The grow was allegedly part of a medical marijuana collective, but far exceeded the 45 plants allowed by state law.
It was “the largest illegal marijuana grow operation (detectives) can recall investigating,” according to Seattle police.
The Beacon Hill house connected to the grow is located in the 2400 block of South Morgan Street. The West Seattle house is in the 6500 block of 44th Avenue Southwest, while the warehouse is located in the 2600 block of Southwest Yancy Street, according to Seattle police.
The warehouse contained more than 2,200 plants, while the houses contained 206 and 227 plants.
Police seized 2,663 plants and 86 pounds of processed pot.
They also suspect the grow operation’s owner sold harvested pot through a dispensary he owns, which also breaks state law on collective gardens.
Officers left 45 marijuana plants at each location, as well as 72 ounces of processed marijuana, allowing each site’s growers to pick which plants they wanted to keep.
The Seattle Police Department said detectives only wanted to bring the operation into compliance. They didn’t book anyone involved into jail.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle91...ly-grown-pot-plants-in-w-seattle-beacon-hill/
Yet police didn’t make any arrests. They say they just want to bring the operation into compliance with state laws.
Neighbors complained to authorities about an “overwhelming smell” coming from a large pot grow, according to Seattle police reports.
Police served a search warrant Tuesday night at a home and a warehouse in West Seattle and a house on Beacon Hill. There, they found what detectives called an “unprecedented” volume of illegally-grown pot plants, reports say.
The grow was allegedly part of a medical marijuana collective, but far exceeded the 45 plants allowed by state law.
It was “the largest illegal marijuana grow operation (detectives) can recall investigating,” according to Seattle police.
The Beacon Hill house connected to the grow is located in the 2400 block of South Morgan Street. The West Seattle house is in the 6500 block of 44th Avenue Southwest, while the warehouse is located in the 2600 block of Southwest Yancy Street, according to Seattle police.
The warehouse contained more than 2,200 plants, while the houses contained 206 and 227 plants.
Police seized 2,663 plants and 86 pounds of processed pot.
They also suspect the grow operation’s owner sold harvested pot through a dispensary he owns, which also breaks state law on collective gardens.
Officers left 45 marijuana plants at each location, as well as 72 ounces of processed marijuana, allowing each site’s growers to pick which plants they wanted to keep.
The Seattle Police Department said detectives only wanted to bring the operation into compliance. They didn’t book anyone involved into jail.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle91...ly-grown-pot-plants-in-w-seattle-beacon-hill/
