Santa Rosa police hit pot operation

Santa Rosa police cut short a marijuana growing and selling operation, seizing marijuana, $138,000 in cash, cars and arresting four, police reported Wednesday.

Narcotics officers Tuesday went to four Santa Rosa homes as part of their investigation into marijuana sales by two suspects, Sgt. Eric Litchfield said.

Officers found two indoor gardens, with 121 plants, at homes on Flower Avenue and Kerry Lane.

They also found about 10 pounds of dried marijuana. The marijuana was worth an estimated $195,000, Litchfield said. The group was allegedly selling the processed marijuana for about $3,000 a pound.

Officers also confiscated a 2007 Mercedes worth about $68,000, a classic Chevy worth about $50,000 and a 2001 Honda Civic, Litchfield said.

Officers arrested the two suspected marijuana dealers and two men for working the marijuana garden. All four are from Santa Rosa.

Guadalupe Rivera Flores, 30, and Timothy William Morriello, 30, were being held in Sonoma County Jail in lieu of $400,000, suspected of several marijuana related charges.

Victor Salvador Cuevas, 18, and Miguel Angel Garcia Flores, 27, were being held in lieu of $20,000 bail each.

Litchfield said the investigation started in August. The other two houses searched were on Gabriel Drive and Rochele Street.