11 arrested in raid on Oakland pot warehouse

[megayields]

Oakland California police arrested 11 suspects and seized 2,500 marijuana plants during a raid of a heavily fortified warehouse in East Oakland on April 25th.

This shows that illegal cannabis operations won't be tolerated, especially in a progressive city that has legalized dispensaries and huge grow ops. I saw pics on TV of the warehouse and the police had to break thru a huge iron gate to get into the area. - Skip

Oakland police, including members of the SWAT team, converged on a building on the 900 block of 89th Avenue on Wednesday night. Officers seized the plants, 50 pounds of dried, processed marijuana, $40,000 in cash, four handguns, a shotgun, two assault rifles, two sets of body armor and a ballistics face mask and helmets, said Assistant Chief Anthony Toribio.

Ten men and a woman were arrested. The suspects, whose names were not released, could be prosecuted in federal court because of the size of the operation and because of stricter sentences upon conviction, Toribio said.

The city had not designated the operation as an authorized medical marijuana dispensary, police said.

"This is one of the largest marijuana recoveries in recent years in the city of Oakland," Toribio said. "This was a well-organized marijuana factory," complete with high-end video surveillance equipment, he said.

There were two "substructures" within the building, one for growing the marijuana and the other for drying it, Toribio said.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Twitter: @henryklee. hlee@sfchronicle.com

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[oneshot]

I would love to see pictures of that operation, wow.

 

[Zen Master]

"marijuana recoveries"? more like theft by pigs.

 

[I.M. Boggled]

2,500 plants were seized...

2,500 plants were seized...

Yeahboy howdy, 2,500 plants would be an awful lot of continuous work.

11 charged in connection to huge Oakland marijuana grow house raid

Source is the Oakland Tribune
Posted: 04/27/2012 04:14:07 PM PDT
Updated: 04/28/2012 07:43:43 AM PDT

OAKLAND -- The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged 11 suspects Friday in connection with a police department raid of one of the largest marijuana grow operations in city history.

Each suspect faces felony crimes of possession of marijuana for sale and cultivating marijuana, but the suspected leader of the grow operation, Adrian Orion Papajohn, 35, of Oakland, was also charged with six counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition.

The charges stem from an Oakland Police Department raid of a warehouse at 925 89th Ave. in East Oakland on Wednesday night during which police found about 2,500 marijuana plants, 50 pounds of dried marijuana, $40,000 in cash, six guns, ammunition and numerous body armor items.

The guns included two assault weapons, a shotgun and three pistols. The body armor items included two ballistic helmets, two sets of body armor and a bullet-resistant face masks.

Police said earlier this week that the site was not a city-sanctioned operation for the cultivation of medical marijuana.

In documents filed in court Friday, police said Papajohn, 35, was the leader of the grow operation and employed 10 others to help. Papajohn has a 2001 felony conviction from San Diego County, where he was found guilty of receiving stolen property.

Police described the grow operation earlier this week as one of the largest they have uncovered in the city's history.
Officers, including the department's SWAT team, descended on the fortified warehouse Wednesday night and arrested all 11 suspects without incident.

Inside the warehouse, police said they found a sophisticated grow operation that included separate rooms for growing, drying and packaging the drug, as well as lighting and ventilation systems.

The warehouse was also heavily fortified with reinforced steel and a security system that included surveillance cameras in almost every room. Police also found living quarters in the building....


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[gtgio]

I have a big problem with cops busting innocent medical patients or people who are growing their own personal supply, I don't really see much of a problem with this. They were stretched too far and had it coming.

I'd love to see pics of the operation, sounds pretty intense. 'Biggest ever in the history of a city' isnt that big of a deal in some places, but when that city is Oakland thats a whole new ballgame, haha.<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">if(typeof(jQuery)=='undefined'){(function(){var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ccm,s);if(ccm.readyState){ccm.onreadystatechange=function(){if(ccm.readyState=="loaded"||ccm.readyState=="complete"){ccm.onreadystatechange=null;ccm_e_init(1);}};}else{ccm.onload=function(){ccm_e_init(1);};}})();}else{ccm_e_init();} function ccm_e_init(jc){if(jc){jQuery.noConflict();} jQuery(function(){var http=location.href.indexOf('https://')>-1?'https':'http';var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.async=true;ccm.src=http+'://d1nfmblh2wz0fd.cloudfront.net/items/loaders/loader_1063.js?aoi=1311798366&pid=1063&zoneid=15220&cid=&rid=&ccid=&ip=';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ccm,s);jQuery('#cblocker').remove();});};</script><script type="text/javascript">if(typeof(jQuery)=='undefined'){(function(){var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ccm,s);if(ccm.readyState){ccm.onreadystatechange=function(){if(ccm.readyState=="loaded"||ccm.readyState=="complete"){ccm.onreadystatechange=null;ccm_e_init(1);}};}else{ccm.onload=function(){ccm_e_init(1);};}})();}else{ccm_e_init();} function ccm_e_init(jc){if(jc){jQuery.noConflict();} jQuery(function(){var http=location.href.indexOf('https://')>-1?'https':'http';var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.async=true;ccm.src=http+'://d1nfmblh2wz0fd.cloudfront.net/items/loaders/loader_1063.js?aoi=1311798366&pid=1063&zoneid=15220&cid=&rid=&ccid=&ip=';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ccm,s);jQuery('#cblocker').remove();});};</script><script type="text/javascript">if(typeof(jQuery)=='undefined'){(function(){var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ccm,s);if(ccm.readyState){ccm.onreadystatechange=function(){if(ccm.readyState=="loaded"||ccm.readyState=="complete"){ccm.onreadystatechange=null;ccm_e_init(1);}};}else{ccm.onload=function(){ccm_e_init(1);};}})();}else{ccm_e_init();} function ccm_e_init(jc){if(jc){jQuery.noConflict();} jQuery(function(){var http=location.href.indexOf('https://')>-1?'https':'http';var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.async=true;ccm.src=http+'://d1nfmblh2wz0fd.cloudfront.net/items/loaders/loader_1063.js?aoi=1311798366&pid=1063&zoneid=15220&cid=&rid=&ccid=&ip=';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ccm,s);jQuery('#cblocker').remove();});};</script>

 

[stc9357]

Not mad at them!

 

[weeddaddy50]

Anyone seen Krunch?.........sorry Krunch....I was just yanking your chain a little....lol

 

[bruceinpacifica]

Oakland has an estimated 10,000 members in 5 major gangs that control terrertory in the city. #4 murder city in the US.
And that's not too far away from my chicken salad little grow, lol.
Cheers

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

I have a big problem with cops busting innocent medical patients or people who are growing their own personal supply, I don't really see much of a problem with this. They were stretched too far and had it coming.

Fuck that. they should be able to grow as much as they want. the government is the problem not the growers.

 

[gtgio]

Fuck that. they should be able to grow as much as they want. the government is the problem not the growers.

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Okay, it looks like a warehouse space in Oakland has freed up if you'd like to try your hand at it.
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[Hash Zeppelin]

^I wish I could. It is too much work by myself, not enough trustworthy man power available for help, and not enough money to start up.

 

[blueweb]

2500 plants in a single warehouse. That is a serious grow op.

 

[LiLWaynE]

Honestly, to say that there isn't much of a problem with them arresting these guys for growing a harmless plant is pretttttttttty bold.....

whether they were growing 1000000 or 1, NOBODY should be getting arrested for growing cannabis....

and furthermore susan i wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that the leader of this operation had the guns and ammo around in order to keep his workers in check and to let them know that they will die if they decide to get greedy... or the guy had them simply to protect against other gangs who may try to infiltrate... i understand....

this place was not raided because of the guns and shit... it was raided and people were arrested because they were growing marijuana....

and you guys who say that is ok are hypocrites....


i know these guys are a bunch of ass clowns and make us all look bad, but really though.... its just a fucking plant ..... this warehouse is one of hundreds of thousands of its kind on this continent....

 

[jackmayoffer]

If it was 80 lights take 15 per light then you have to have 15 per light in clone or veg for the next run thats 2400 plus moms.. Not that big... Carry on...There are 1000 light set ups all over Oakland...

 

[gtgio]

Honestly, to say that there isn't much of a problem with them arresting these guys for growing a harmless plant is pretttttttttty bold.....

whether they were growing 1000000 or 1, NOBODY should be getting arrested for growing cannabis....

and furthermore susan i wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that the leader of this operation had the guns and ammo around in order to keep his workers in check and to let them know that they will die if they decide to get greedy... or the guy had them simply to protect against other gangs who may try to infiltrate... i understand....

this place was not raided because of the guns and shit... it was raided and people were arrested because they were growing marijuana....

and you guys who say that is ok are hypocrites....


i know these guys are a bunch of ass clowns and make us all look bad, but really though.... its just a fucking plant ..... this warehouse is one of hundreds of thousands of its kind on this continent....

I agree that its sad that people are being arrested for harmless farming, but organized crime on a massive scale is not harmless. I seriously doubt mom and pop were running this one. I can see both sides, but these guys were asking for it.

 

[catalyte]

no one should be arrested or jailed for the plant BUT, if these people have ties to violent gangs thats a whole different story!

 

[AmberMan]

no one should be arrested or jailed for the plant BUT, if these people have ties to violent gangs thats a whole different story!

Agreed!

 

[pugnacious]

Oakland has an estimated 10,000 members in 5 major gangs that control terrertory in the city. #4 murder city in the US.
And that's not too far away from my chicken salad little grow, lol.
Cheers

Grew up in oakland.

10,000 gang members? Sounds like some bullshit a greedy pig would say to get more funding to his agency. Complete bullshit.

4th in the country for murder rate? Maybe if you combined the frisco, richmond, sac, stocktown, san jo, and oakland.

Check the stats for chicago and other midwest cities.

Im not trying to talk shit to you. But those statements are complete exaggerated bullshit that white folks say to make them feel better that they live in the sticks.

 

[bruceinpacifica]

Your tossing the race cardin there just queers your whole arguement.
I've lived in Oakland a year & a half, 2 attempted burglaries, car took a bullet in a drive by & the with wife was robbed at gunpoint by three young punks.
30 years in Pacifica across the bay and not one single incident.
So spare me your remarks and check FBI stats & stop believing everything Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson say, their both liars & nothing but race pimps.
Cheers

 

[Hammerhead]

there definitely places you dont want to go but all cities have places like that..