Resident arrested as 300 plants seized in Monterey Park home
Police raided a Monterey Park home on 7 February 2014 and arrested resident Bikram Singh Soni after finding more than 300 marijuana plants in a converted indoor grow. The plants amounted to about 55 pounds of marijuana, and officials also investigated Soni for stealing electricity.
🇺🇸 1100 block of Dover Way, Monterey Park · California, United States
Bikram Singh Soni, 32, was arrested on 7 February 2014 at his home in the 1100
block of Dover Way in Monterey Park.[1]Officers arrested Soni on suspicion of
cultivating marijuana.[1]Soni was held in lieu of $165,000bail pending a
scheduled arraignment in Alhambra Superior Court.[1]
Officers seized more than 300 marijuana plants in the raid.[1]Police said the
plants amounted to about 55 pounds of marijuana.[1]Soni’s two-story residence
had been completely converted into an indoor growing operation.[1]Soni rented
the home and was its sole resident.[1]The owners were believed to be unaware
of the growing operation.[1]
Officers from the Monterey Park Police Department’s Special Response Team had
watched the home for about a month and arrested Soni at about 2:25 p.m.[1]The
investigation began after anonymous tips about suspicious activity in the
neighborhood.[1]Officers confirmed people coming and going only at night,
blinds always shut, and the odor of marijuana from the home.[1]Officials
red-tagged the home because of damage from its conversion into an indoor growing
operation.[1]Walls had been removed and the electrical system had been
jerry-rigged.[1]Officials were also investigating Soni for stealing
electricity from Southern California Edison by bypassing the home’s meter.[1]
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Bikram Singh Soni, arrested at his Dover Way home where police said they uprooted more than 300 marijuana plants.Photo details
The report says more than 300 plants without giving an exact count, so 300 is used as the floor figure.
The 55-pound weight is the police estimate reported as about 55 pounds, converted to 24.95 kg; it is not clear whether it is dried or whole-plant weight.
No court outcome beyond the scheduled arraignment in Alhambra Superior Court was reported.
No value estimate for the marijuana or the allegedly stolen electricity was published.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after a name, place and date search.
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