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......Indoor marijuana farms allow organized criminal groups to grow powerful new strains of the drug faster, more profitably and with less risk than an outdoor garden. "You can harvest a crop every three months, and after a year, walk away with $1.5 million," said Robert Pennal of the state's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement...... The marijuana grown in the southwest Fresno home at 2482 S. Villa Ave. was found -- like many of the indoor farms are -- by firefighters. Someone had bypassed the home's electricity meter to steal power. This is done so utility companies don't grow suspicious when a home uses thousands of dollars of power a month, according to Pennal. But as in the Villa home, it's often a shoddy wiring job that sparks an electrical fire. Source: http: / /www.fresnobee.com /263 /story /254974.html Crash, traffic stop lead to wide - reaching Bay Area marijuana bust Bay City News Service / 12/13/2007 California Highway Patrol officers unearthed a wide - reaching Bay Area marijuana operation after responding to two separate traffic incidents in Vacaville, it was announced Wednesday. The investigation to date has yielded over 800 marijuana plants worth $2 million from homes in Vacaville, Walnut Creek, Lafayette and Martinez, CUP officers said...... The investigation is ongoing. Source: http: / /www.mercurynews. com /breakingnews /ci_7710084 ?nclick check =l Three arrested for indoor marijuana -grow operations 12/12/2007 .......Agents located two sophisticated indoor marijuana cultivation sites at the properties near Wool Mountain, according to a news release. A total of 612 plants were seized from a camouflaged structure in a creek bed. An additional 1,687 plants were seized from a two -story barn with four grow rooms...... Also discovered was an underground 1,000 - gallon diesel tank that was leaking from a faulty valve, the release stated. HCDTF contacted Humboldt County Environmental Health, which responded to document the environmental impacts...... Agents located seven rifles, three handguns and paperwork with notations consistent with the sales of multiple pounds of marijuana bud, according to the release. Source: http: / /www.eurekareporter .com /ArticleDisplay.aspx ?ArticlefD=31673 Detectives bust marijuana grow houses in Aptos, Santa Cruz Jennifer Squires / Sentinel staff writer .....The investigation, which started 18 months ago, has led to a total of six raids at five addresses -- including the houses searched Thursday -- Carney said. Detectives have confiscated almost 2,000 plants, worth $2.4 million to $3.6 million on the street ..... The same group of people bought all the houses in 2005 and allegedly set up the grows, according to detectives. Investigators think the owners were using the marijuana grows to pay the mortgages on the homes. "It appears they've been financing the houses with the cultivation and sales of marijuana," Carney said. Source: http: / /www.santacruzsentinel. com /storyphp ?storySection= Local &sid =51603 Marijuana operations uncovered in Fairfield Article Launched: 12/16/2007 07:42:49 AM PST Fairfield Police officers uncovered a sophisticated marijuana growing system Thursday while executing a search warrant on Bellamy Court ..... Police reportedly found a marijuana cultivation system in the home, including high- intensity lighting equipment, fans, a portable air conditioning unit, power converters and timers. Officers also allegedly recovered a half -pound of processed marijuana and 70 marijuana plants. Source: http: // www .thereporter.com /news /ci_7737688 7