Crime & Safety

Marijuana Grow House Busted In Hercules

In addition to marijuana plants, police found chemicals, bars across the doors and the home's wiring was a fire hazard.

Marijuana plant inside a private home, turned into a "grow house" in Hercules, Calif.
Marijuana plant inside a private home, turned into a "grow house" in Hercules, Calif. (Hercules Police Department)

HERCULES, CA — The Hercules Police Department has busted a marijuana grow house.

The home had marijuana plants in various stages of growth, chemicals and dangerous wiring to accommodate all of the lights and fans for growing the plants.

The home also had an interior security gate. In a social media post, post say those responsible "endangered an entire neighborhood with no regard or remorse."

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(Photo Credit: Hercules Police Department)

Police say they "tracked the grower at his family home in San Francisco where we found evidence that this was not his only operation."

(Photo Credit: Hercules Police Department)

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