http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/04/17/news/state/16_39_144_16_07.txt
1,000 pot plants seized
By: North County Times wire services -
DIAMOND BAR - Sheriff's narcotics officers discovered nearly 1,000 marijuana plants valued at $5.9 million inside a Diamond Bar home Monday, in the sixth home-based marijuana growing operation discovered in Los Angeles County in the past month.
Detectives from the Sheriff's Headquarters Narcotic Bureau and the Walnut Sheriff's Station served a search warrant at a single-story home in the 700 block of Farben Drive at 1:45 p.m., said sheriff's Sgt. Don Manumaleuna.
Authorities found 985 plants, each with an estimated street value of $6,000, he said.
No arrests were made, according to Deputy Luis Castro.
Marijuana growing operations were discovered in homes in Diamond Bar on March 21 and March 28; in Pomona on April 1; and in Rowland Heights on April 4 and April 11.
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