San Leandro House Converted To Grow Pot is 1 of 3 Busted by Police

Four Bay Area men have been arrested on suspicion of growing more than 2,700 marijuana plants at three Bay Area residences, Fairfield police said.

The arrests on Jan. 1 and 2 came after an investigation by the Fairfield Police Department’s narcotics unit that began in late November, Sgt. Jausiah Jacobsen said.

The entire interiors of the three homes in San Leandro, Fairfield and San Jose had been converted to marijuana growing, and police recovered $52,000 in cash and multiple pounds of processed marijuana, Jacobsen said.

The grow houses were at 3209 Niagara Way in Fairfield, 2222 Sweetwater Dr. in San Leandro and 5110 Archangel Dr. in San Jose, Jacobsen said.

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Police arrested Daxian Chen, 24, of San Leandro and Fuming Zeng, 41, of San Francisco at the Fairfield residence on Jan. 1 for cultivation and possession of marijuana for sales, conspiracy and theft of utilities, Jacobsen said.

Meng Chen, 26, of San Leandro, and Dawen Chen, 27, of Oakland, were arrested Jan. 2 for conspiracy to cultivate and possess marijuana for sales, Jacobsen said.

Police executed additional search warrants between Jan. 3-6 in the 3300 block of California Street in Berkeley and the 500 block of Pomona Street in San Lorenzo and recovered $33,000 of the $52,000 that is believed to be proceeds from the marijuana sales, Jacobsen said.

Marijuana was not found in those residences, he said.

Jacobsen said police are still investigating how extensive the marijuana growing operation was.

--Bay City News

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