Trio of Grow Ops Busted in Beaverly

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 02:17 PM

Vents piped through a closet to the roof, and dead seedling balls litter the closet floor. (photo courtesy RCMP)

Prince George, B.C.- Six people were arrested following the execution of search warrants on three Beaverly area residences yesterday.

RCMP, armed with search warrants, entered the three rural homes yesterday morning and seized more than 3000 masrijuana plants in various stages of growth.

Police say the grow ops were very sophisticated in their structure. They were dismantled with the assistance of the B.C. Hydro as police say electrical power was being stolen in order to run the three operations.

(at right, a web of wiring in the basement of one of the homes)

The six people arrested ( four males and two females) are not from Prince George. They are expected to appear in court at a later date.

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Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 02:17 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Municca on January 19 2010 2:32 PM

Can we say Dumb!

Posted by: MrPG on January 19 2010 3:29 PM

The #1 industry in Beaverly!

Posted by: lmorge on January 19 2010 5:33 PM

Pretty big operation. Hope the homes are seized too.

Posted by: Harbinger on January 19 2010 7:02 PM

I keep thinking they have a law against this? Will the growers be able to buy back their seized property any time soon at an auction?

Posted by: NMG on January 19 2010 7:50 PM

Clearly another "personal use" grow-op. Why don't the cops start leaving these poor folks alone and go after the "real" criminals? LMAO. Good job on the bust. Hope they seize absolutely everything they own and that the proceeds from the sale can go to something worthwhile.

Posted by: whitewater on January 19 2010 10:36 PM

They don’t own anything but the grow equipment. Rent the house, steel the power, pay the fine and move to Haiti …..I mean Cayman Islands.

Posted by: Runner46 on January 19 2010 11:19 PM

Banks won`t touch homes that are tagged grow ops until there is documented remediation .............and still disclosure must be supplied. These homes are stigmatized for a long time..

Posted by: acrider54 on January 20 2010 5:46 AM

Leaglize it, control it, get taxes from it. Pot is BC's Alberta oil.

Posted by: downnotout on January 20 2010 7:28 AM

To do that you need to have a legal market for it and until pot it self is legalized in the consuming countries it is no use talking of making it legal here.

Posted by: Eagleone on January 20 2010 7:45 AM

Steal power equals making the paper every time. The meter means nothing... its not hard to locate the house where the leakage is taking place... so simple they might as well put their own handcuffs on when they attempt to do something like that for a grow op.