Deputies seize 815 marijuana plants from two Lake Elsinore grow sites
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office Lake Elsinore station served a search warrant on 4 September 2025 at a home in the 33000 block of Westlong Street and seized 815 marijuana plants from the house and a second dwelling on the property. No one was arrested because the property was vacant, and an illegally altered electrical supply was disconnected.
🇺🇸 Westlong Street, unincorporated Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California · California, United States
Deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team
served a search warrant in the 33000 block of Westlong Street in an
unincorporated part of Lake Elsinore on Thursday, 4 September 2025.[1]The
search followed complaints about illegal marijuana cultivation at the residence
received by the station a day earlier.[2]
The main residence and a second dwelling on the property had been converted into
cannabis grow sites, and deputies seized 815 marijuana plants in various stages
of growth.[1]MyNewsLA reported the seizure as approximately 815 plants.[3]Southern California Edison crews came to the residence to disconnect power to an
electrical system that had been illegally altered.[2]
No one was arrested; the sheriff’s office said the property was vacant when
deputies arrived.[2]The sheriff’s office described the investigation as
ongoing and asked anyone with information to contact Deputy Olson at the Lake
Elsinore station.[1]
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Some of the 800 marijuana plants seized by deputies from the Lake Elsinore grow. Photo: Riverside County Sheriff's OfficePhoto details
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Source: CBS News Los AngelesThe Riverside County Sheriff's Department handout photo of the Lake Elsinore grow published with the raid account. Photo: Riverside County Sheriff's DepartmentPhoto details
CBS News gives the warrant as served "the next day" after complaints on 3 September; the Canyon Lake Insider account gives the day as Wednesday, 4 September, which was in fact a Thursday, so 4 September 2025 is used as the incident date.
No weight, area or street value was published for the 815 plants, and no figure for the number of plants in each of the two dwellings was given.
The sheriff's office photo caption in the CBS account says "some of the 800 plants"; the reports use the 815 figure from the release text.
No suspects were identified and no arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; the sheriff's office said the investigation was ongoing.
No statement directly from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office website could be opened; the accounts rely on the release as reported by the outlets.
The Canyon Lake Insider image is a sheriff's handout photo credited to the department; both listed photos show the seized plants and may be the same picture taken from different copies.
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