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Police find $2.4M in marijuana in Vancouver home

The Columbian
Published: June 10, 2011, 5:00pm

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police say the 1,600 marijuana plants they found growing in a house in Vancouver, Wash., were part of a sophisticated growing operation. Clark-Skamania Drug Task Force Commander Mike Cooke estimated their value Friday at $2.4 million.

The Columbian reports the home had been turned over approximately six months ago to renters under a lease-to-own deal.

Except for a small living room equipped with a couch, a table, bottled water and beer, the house had been transformed into a greenhouse.

In the garage, Clark Public Utilities employees noticed a box set up to divert power before it reached the meter.

The growers apparently thought of everything — except for the neighbors who volunteer with the neighborhood watch program — and made the call to police.

Two people who showed up during the raid were taken into custody.

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