This is an example of what NOT to do if your trying to do it "legal" these idiots didn't even know that Santa Cruz ONLY allows 2 legal dispensaries...read and learn, just because we have prop 215 and 420 legislation DOES NOT mean your bullet proof noob!
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"We're going to look a whole lot deeper into it," Clark said. SANTA CRUZ - Police seized about 100 marijuana plants and 20 pounds of processed and dried marijuana in a bust Thursday at Good Guys Biodiesel and Bio-Mechanics at 1191 Water St.
Officers found sophisticated growing equipment, lights, ventilation system and a drying room, said Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Steve Clark.
Two employees were detained and released during the 2:45 p.m. raid, and police are looking for the business owner, Clark said. Shop employees told police that the marijuana cultivation was a cooperative that was separate from the auto shop, Clark said.
However, Clark said, officers found evidence that tied the two businesses to the owner of the auto shop.
Good Guys manager Krystle Smith said Friday that the back of the building - where the marijuana was found - is separated from their business by a wall. There is one address, but she said the auto shop is separate.
Smith said Good Guys leases its space from a landowner.
"Good Guys is a completely separate entity and runs a legitimate business, which is a diesel repair shop. That is what we do," Smith said.
Police said they found the marijuana cultivation operation in mid-harvest. The building had the capacity to produce processed pot at higher volumes, Clark said.
The cannabis cultivation was not licensed or permitted, and it was a few hundred feet from a children's day care facility on Water Street and Branciforte Small Schools, Clark said.
It was not one of the two medicinal cannabis dispensaries allowed in Santa Cruz.
City law states that if new dispensaries were allowed, the would have to be at least 600 feet from a residential zone.
Thursday, the building was red-tagged because of illegal construction and electrical wiring violations, Clark said. Health officials must inspect the building before it can fully reopen, police said.
Police said that tips helped police uncover the pot cultivation.
"This is another one of those situations where people are exploiting their understanding of medical marijuana laws," Clark said.
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"We're going to look a whole lot deeper into it," Clark said. SANTA CRUZ - Police seized about 100 marijuana plants and 20 pounds of processed and dried marijuana in a bust Thursday at Good Guys Biodiesel and Bio-Mechanics at 1191 Water St.
Officers found sophisticated growing equipment, lights, ventilation system and a drying room, said Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Steve Clark.
Two employees were detained and released during the 2:45 p.m. raid, and police are looking for the business owner, Clark said. Shop employees told police that the marijuana cultivation was a cooperative that was separate from the auto shop, Clark said.
However, Clark said, officers found evidence that tied the two businesses to the owner of the auto shop.
Good Guys manager Krystle Smith said Friday that the back of the building - where the marijuana was found - is separated from their business by a wall. There is one address, but she said the auto shop is separate.
Smith said Good Guys leases its space from a landowner.
"Good Guys is a completely separate entity and runs a legitimate business, which is a diesel repair shop. That is what we do," Smith said.
Police said they found the marijuana cultivation operation in mid-harvest. The building had the capacity to produce processed pot at higher volumes, Clark said.
The cannabis cultivation was not licensed or permitted, and it was a few hundred feet from a children's day care facility on Water Street and Branciforte Small Schools, Clark said.
It was not one of the two medicinal cannabis dispensaries allowed in Santa Cruz.
City law states that if new dispensaries were allowed, the would have to be at least 600 feet from a residential zone.
Thursday, the building was red-tagged because of illegal construction and electrical wiring violations, Clark said. Health officials must inspect the building before it can fully reopen, police said.
Police said that tips helped police uncover the pot cultivation.
"This is another one of those situations where people are exploiting their understanding of medical marijuana laws," Clark said.
