Pot found at house in El Monte gated community
Who knew there were gated communities in El Monte? Apparently they exist. The last time I remember running into one it was a front for a slave-labor sweat shop.
In any event, today's gated community involves the discovery of a grow home, $1 million in plants and three arrests. Here's the lowdown:
EL MONTE - Police arrested three San Gabriel residents Thursday and raided three homes in connection with a nearly $1 million pot operation.
Authorities believe Henry Kwong, 22, Yue Huan Mai, 25, and Denise Guan, 32, were all involved in a "sophisticated " operation that netted about 700 marijuana plants.
Officers found the plants in three second-floor bedrooms at a home in the 2800 block of North Maxson Road -- an El Monte gated community called Maxson Villas, El Monte police Det. Peter Lopez said.
Police have linked the suspects to a second Walnut home allegedly being converted to support marijuana cultivation and a third San Gabriel home, where tools for a pot grow, thousands of dollars in cash and a pound of marijuana were found, Lopez said.
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