DEA and Berkeley police seize 5,800 cannabis plants in East Bay grows
Berkeley police and the DEA Oakland office said searches on 15 March 2006 and the following week dismantled four indoor cannabis grows in Berkeley, Oakland, Castro Valley, Brentwood and Antioch, seizing more than 5,800 plants, about 117 pounds of processed marijuana, 12 guns and roughly $220,000 cash, with seven men charged federally.
🇺🇸 East Bay, California · California, United States
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Oakland resident office and Berkeley Police Department said
they arrested seven people on federal marijuana cultivation charges after dismantling four
sophisticated indoor grows.[1]Berkeley officers served search warrants on 15 March 2006 at sites
in Berkeley, Oakland, Castro Valley and Brentwood, then worked with the DEA on additional searches
the next week in Oakland and Antioch.[1]
Seizures
Law enforcement reported seizing more than 5,800 live plants, about 117 pounds of processed
marijuana, 12 firearms including one assault rifle, and approximately $220,000 in U.S. currency.[1][2]Berkeley police had opened the investigation in November 2005 and linked several people and
addresses to the organization before the March raids.[1]
Charges
The DEA named Jonathan J. Ford of Oakland and six other men from Oakland, Castro Valley, Brentwood
and San Leandro on complaints under 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(1).[1] The opened releases do not report
sentences or pleas.
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The DEA release lists eight named defendants but states seven individuals were arrested on federal cultivation charges; the opened sources do not explain the discrepancy.
Street value for processed marijuana is not given; only the 117-pound weight is reported.
Berkeley police began the case in November 2005; the opened release does not describe prior arrests or state charges before the March searches.
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