Cops Seize $4.5M In Pot Found In Grow Houses In Foreclosure; Allege Theft Of $100K In Electricity To Power Operations

In Fontana, California, The San Bernardino Sun reports that a Southern California man faces drug charges after police say they seized $4.5 million worth of marijuana from two of his foreclosed houses.

• Angel Wayhang Kou, 30, of Rancho Cucamonga was booked into jail on suspicion of cultivating marijuana, maintaining a residence for drugs, theft of utilities and conspiracy.
  [...] "The likelihood of other people being involved is probably high," said police Sgt. Jeff Decker.

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• Narcotics officers estimated the street value of the marijuana in the two houses at $4.5 million. [...] "They had probably well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment in both homes, between the lights, the electrical, the water, the filtering and venting systems," Decker said. Police said Kou stole about $100,000 in electricity from Southern California Edison between the two homes by bypassing electrical boxes.

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See also: The San Francisco Chronicle: $4.5M in pot seized from two SoCal houses in foreclosure.

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