Two arrested and gun recovered in illegal pot grow bust in Burien
Tue, 02/02/2016
Two people were arrested and a stolen gun was recovered on Jan. 28 in a bust of a Burien illegal pot grow said Seattle Police. The bust took place in the 13000 block of 15th Avenue SW.
An investigation led police to a a Burien home where they found the basement filled with 11 pounds of packaged pot and 28 illegally grown marijuana plants, all being grown under lights fed with stolen electricity.
While searching the home detectives found the residents had been tending 28 pot plants in their basement, and were powering 18 large grow lamps with electricity stolen from the Seattle City Light grid. Police also found 11 pounds of bagged marijuana and two guns–one of which was reported stolen–in the home. Police were unable to find any indications the residents had obtained the permits necessary to legally cultivate marijuana in Washington State.
Detectives identified and released the female suspect at the scene and booked a 36-year-old man into the King County Jail for narcotics manufacturing, defrauding a public utility and possession of a stolen firearm.
