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Cash, cars, pot seized; 4 arrested
Last Modified: Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 5:21 a.m.
Santa Rosa police hit 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 bail, 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.
-- Randi Rossmann
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September 4, 2008 8:07:06 am
RE: Link
They were just trying to make a better life for themselves! why is everyone picking on the poor Mexicans?
September 4, 2008 8:10:39 am
RE: Link
10 pounds at 3000 a pound yeah 195000 sound about right
September 4, 2008 12:00:59 pm
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.
OK PD
September 4, 2008 2:29:11 pm
Good job SRPD!!!!! My family thanks you for 4 less POS'S on the streets. Please don't be deterred by all of the "Pro-drugs" comments that will soon hit. Not everyone chooses to live a sober/respectable life.
What an incredibility sad & pathetic way to live....when someone has to get high to have fun or wind down from a hard day of work (maybe they shouldn't be in that career-if it's that stressful for them, they're clealy not enjoying their job).
September 4, 2008 10:57:45 pm
R2MONKIES_RUN let's be fair and apply your comments to alcohol. The Republican and Dem's have after convention parties where they booze it up. Some will drink excessively, get sick and vomit.
I guess they choose not to live sober/respectable lives then. What a sad & pathetic way for our politicians to live....when they gotta get drunk to have fun or wind down from a hard day of work(maybe they shouldn't be politicians if it's that stressful for them, they're clearly not enjoying their job)!
Hillary was so stressed she chugged her beer on national tv, she clearly wasn't enjoying her job. That beer on the other hand was quite tasty and she sure enjoyed that!
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