Crime & Safety

Petaluma PD, DEA Raid $1 Million Indoor Marijuana Grow, Hash Oil Lab

A search warrant was served at a warehouse off N. McDowell Blvd. at 7 a.m. on Friday.

A federal Drug Force Administration task force and Petaluma police found an indoor marijuana grow and hash oil lab in a northeast industrial area of Petaluma on Friday, according to Petaluma police.

The estimated value of the marijuana and hash oil found is more than $1 million, police said.

Police and the DEA task force served a search warrant for an illegal marijuana grow in a warehouse off N. McDowell Blvd. at 7 a.m. police said.

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They found and seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants in various stages of maturity and an elaborate industrial honey oil lab inside.

Petaluma code enforcement officers deemed the conditions to be hazardous and red-tagged the building as unsafe.

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Police said there is no indication the marijuana was grown as a collective or co-op in compliance with the medical marijuana provisions of the state’s Health and Safety Code, police said.

Neither Petaluma police nor the DEA were available for more information late Friday afternoon.

--Bay City News

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