CNN reports that law enforcement agents seized 80 pounds of illegal cannabis found in a home owned by an Oakland cop, and that the home had been modified for cannabis cultivation.
An Oakland police officer is on administrative leave after a home he owned was raided by the state’s Department of Cannabis Control earlier this year, one of at least 58 raids the agency has done in Antioch since the agency was formed in 2021, according to a new report.into illegal cannabis grow operations nationwide focused on the case of Oakland police Officer Samson Liu, who was the owner of one of the homes highlighted in the story at the time of the raid.
CNN reported that law enforcement agents seized 80 pounds of illegal cannabis found in the home, and that the home had been modified drastically for the purpose of cannabis cultivation, including the installation of a generator and extensive ventilation. Two other homes on that street were raided on the same day, with $1 million of illegal product seized from the three locations.
The city has developed a reputation among the state’s pot cops as a hotbed of illegal grow houses, according to the investigation. Bill Jones, chief of law enforcement at the California Department of Cannabis Control, told CNN some operations they have raided in Antioch show signs similar to others linked to “the Chinese criminal syndicate,” and said the presence of those forces have eclipsed that of the Mexican cartels in recent years in California’s black market.
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