Neighbors say they noticed a change when a warehouse on the 2400 block of Fourth St. in Berkeley was sold.
"It used to be a machine shop and I think the guy retired and sold his business and another company moved in," said Leslie Champlin, who works nearby."You couldn't see anything past that line. It was all blocked off. It was dark," said Victor Gascon, owner of Seventhirty.co which has facilities next door.Instead, when the California Department of Cannabis Control's enforcement team raided the building, they found a massive illegal marijuana growing operation inside.
New data shows that in 2022, the state increased the number of search warrants, seizures, arrests, and illegal cannabis plants eradicated. In another raid, state officials took down two illegal marijuana growing sites in Oakland on Feb. 15-16. Officers found warehouses on 75th Avenue and East 12th Street, seizing more than 29,000 illegally grown cannabis plants, along with a 12-gauge shotgun, and more than $27,000 cash.
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