Marijuana Raids, Drug Bust Reported Inside Lake Elsinore Homes

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — Raids on three illegal marijuana grows inside Lake Elsinore homes took place last week, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

On Thursday, raids were conducted in the Alberhill community of Lake Elsinore, which uncovered indoor marijuana grows at two homes on Ladrillo Street, the sheriff's department reported. Another search warrant was served the same day in the 41000 block of Sunsprite Street, resulting in one arrest.

At the Sunsprite property, 52-year-old Vu Tan Le was taken into custody on suspicion of illegal cultivation of marijuana after an undisclosed number of cannabis plants were seized and it was confirmed that the "electrical system within the residence had been illegally altered, causing a severe fire hazard" to support the grow, Warrington alleged.

Le posted a $20,000 bond and was released from the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside the same day.

Inside the Ladrillo Street residences, an undisclosed number of cannabis plants were seized by deputies, who again found jerry-rigged electrical apparatus to nurture the grows, according to Warrington.

No one was taken into custody at the Ladrillo Street locations, and the investigations are ongoing, he said.

On Wednesday, a search warrant was served in the 4000 block of Ballantree Way where methamphetamine, heroin, Oxycontin and Xanax pills were found, along with a digital scale "used for weighing illegal substances, excessive amounts of plastic baggies used for packaging illegal substances, syringes, and U.S. currency," the sheriff's department reported.

Julio Quiroga, 30, of Lake Elsinore was arrested in connection with the Ballantree Way investigation.

The May busts come as several drug raids were made last month in Lake Elsinore.

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