Crime & Safety

Police Bust Marijuana Operation in Warehouse on Washington Ave.

Police recovered nearly 1,000 marijuana plants at a covert grow operation on Washington Avenue.

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The busted a marijuana grow operation this week, recovering guns, money and nearly 1,000 plants.

On March 15, the police department's Vice/Narcotics unit carried out three search warrants in Oakland, Hayward and San Leandro regarding a marijuana cultivation operation, according to police spokesman Lt. Jeff Tudor.

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During the investigation, they confiscated nearly 1,000 marijuana plants growing at an industrial office building at 2439 Washington Avenue, Tudor said.

In connection with the grow house, police arrested [Name Withheld], 24, at his home in Oakland and Sounsavanh Manyvong, 30, at his home in Hayward.

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Police also seized over $20,000, several guns, ammunition, and gun parts, including two plastic tubs full of "what appeared to be assault-rifle parts," Tudor said. Police also recovered a ballistic military-type vest and a used rocket launcher, Tudor said.

Both suspects were booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Wednesday, but were no longer listed as inmates on Saturday, likely indicating they posted bail.

Tudor said marijuana grow operations were common in San Leandro. “There’s a lot of them," he said. "We cannot grow enough marijuana at our (legal) dispensaries to meet the demand for it.”

San Leandro has a moratorium on medicinal marijuana dispensaries within city limits.


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