Police Find 1,300 Marijuana Plants and Gun Cache in Highland Park-Mount Washington Searches

LOS ANGELES, CA- More than 1,300 marijuana plants and a cache of firearms and ammunition were seized and two brothers arrested this morning when Los Angeles police served warrants at three locations, two in Highland Park-Mount Washington areas and the other in Sylmar.

The warrants were served about 6 a.m. in the 800 block of Terrace 49 in Mount Washington, the 6000 block of Tipton Way in Highland Park and the 13000 block of Bradley Avenue in Sylmar, according to Officer Matt Ludwig of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.

The arrests and seizure were announced at a news conference at the LAPD's Northeast Station.

Various types of firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, were seized along with about $4,500 in cash from the Mount Washington address, Ludwig said.

The seized marijuana had an approximate street value of $500,000, police said.

Livio Scagliotti, 49, was arrested at the Tipton Avenue location on suspicion of evading arrest, possession of armor piercing ammunition and possession of illegal firearms and Manuel Scagliotti, 44, was arrested at the Terrace 49 location on suspicion of burglary, Ludwig said.

Both men, who are brothers, were wanted in connection with an illegal marijuana cultivation operation that spanned about five year, police said.

Investigators allege the marijuana was grown for street sales and possibly for sales to legal pot dispensaries.

Livio Scagliotti was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail and Manuel Scagliotti in lieu of $85,000, according to sheriff's online inmate records.

City News Service