Another Whole-House Marijuana Grow Busted In SWR

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — An illegal marijuana grow operation was discovered at a home in Lake Elsinore, the second such discovery in as many days in the city, authorities said Friday.

Sgt. Glenn Warrington of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that authorities received complaints "regarding possible illegal marijuana cultivation" at a home on Via Del Renal Court. They served a search warrant around 3:30 p.m. Thursday and found another local home that had been converted into an illegal grow operation.

"The entire residence was turned into an illegal marijuana cultivation," Warrington said. "There was no one located at the residence."

As with the other case involving a home that was found this week in Lake Elsinore growing marijuana, this too, involved the theft of utilities— approximately $52,000 worth, Warrington said.

The house was deemed uninhabitable and power to the home was turned off, he said.

On Wednesday, deputies raided a grow house on Vista Palmero, in an area known as Tuscany Hills, and seized 1,045 plants in various stages of growth, Warrington said.

Plants seized in both raids were destroyed.

No suspects were identified in either raid.

— By City News Service and Renee Schiavone