State officers seize 16,632 plants and $15.39M of cannabis in Sylmar
California's Department of Cannabis Control served a search warrant on an illegal indoor cannabis grow near a school in Sylmar on 25 June 2024, seizing 16,632 plants and 1,008 pounds of cannabis flower that the department valued at about $15.39 million. A transformer attached to the building blew during the operation, and the city cut the power and red-tagged the structure.
🇺🇸 Sylmar, Los Angeles, California · California, United States
California’s Department of Cannabis Control seized more than 1,000 pounds of
marijuana from an illegal indoor grow operation in Sylmar in Los Angeles.[1]The department’s Law Enforcement Division carried out the seizure on 25 June
2024.[1]
Officers executed a search warrant at the indoor cultivation site, which stood
near a school.[1]They seized 1,008 pounds (about 457 kg) of cannabis flower
and 16,632 plants, a department spokesperson said.[1]The department valued
the cannabis at about $15.39 million.[1]
The spokesperson said the transformer attached to the building blew during the
operation, putting the safety of the officers inside at risk.[1]The Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power, the LA School Police Department and city
fire and code enforcement officials assisted the cannabis officers.[1]DWP
disconnected the building’s power and the LA Fire Department red-tagged the
structure, officials said.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
16,632
Cannabis
457.22 kg
Value (official estimate)
USD 15,390,000
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (457.22 kg)
Activity
Cultivation
Grown
Indoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Patchpatch.com$15.39M Worth Of Cannabis Seized At Illegal LA Grow Operation: State | Los Angeles, CA Patch
Open questions the AI reported
Only one opened source, the Patch article, reports the seizure; no Department of Cannabis Control statement or second outlet account could be found and opened.
The article gives no number of arrests, charges or named suspects from the 25 June 2024 search, and no court outcome.
The article does not say whether the grow had a state licence or give the address of the building near the school.
The $15.39 million figure is the department's own estimate of the value of the seized cannabis.
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