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Feds conducting big pot raids in Oakland, rest of Bay Area
Agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, with help from
the Alameda County Sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies,
conducted a series of marijuana raids across the Bay Area this morning.
the Alameda County Sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies,
conducted a series of marijuana raids across the Bay Area this morning.
Feds conducting big pot raids in Oakland, rest of Bay Area
From Staff Reports
Article Created: 05/28/2008 12:45:58 PM PDT
OAKLAND - Agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, with help from
the Alameda County Sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies,
conducted a series of marijuana raids across the Bay Area this morning.
There have been no arrests so far, the DEA said.
The DEA gave few details. DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena stated
that documents regarding the raids remain under court seal. "Search warrants
were conducted at several locations throughout the Bay Area and Northern
California and items of evidentiary value were seized from these locations,"
Pena said.
Workers at Neldam's Danish Baker, 3401 Telegraph Ave., saw agents raid one
establishment near the Oakland bakery.
Another DEA agent said the raids were aimed at major distributors in the
upper echelons of the marijuana trade.
High grade marijuana has become increasingly popular. An ounce of good
quality marijuana can sell for $400 or $500 on the street, experts say.
From Staff Reports
Article Created: 05/28/2008 12:45:58 PM PDT
OAKLAND - Agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, with help from
the Alameda County Sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies,
conducted a series of marijuana raids across the Bay Area this morning.
There have been no arrests so far, the DEA said.
The DEA gave few details. DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena stated
that documents regarding the raids remain under court seal. "Search warrants
were conducted at several locations throughout the Bay Area and Northern
California and items of evidentiary value were seized from these locations,"
Pena said.
Workers at Neldam's Danish Baker, 3401 Telegraph Ave., saw agents raid one
establishment near the Oakland bakery.
Another DEA agent said the raids were aimed at major distributors in the
upper echelons of the marijuana trade.
High grade marijuana has become increasingly popular. An ounce of good
quality marijuana can sell for $400 or $500 on the street, experts say.
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By William Brand, Staff Writer and Sean Maher, Correspondent
Article Launched: 05/28/2008 01:39:54 PM PDT
Federal agents, with help from Alameda County Sheriffs Deputies, smashed
into what was apparently a pot farm on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland today as
employees form a nearby bakery watched.
The big question the employees had was what took the Drug Enforcement Agency
so long to conduct the raid.
"Every day I go to lunch and I smell, like, skunk or something, but I knew
what it was — because it smells like marijuana," said Patty Garcia, who
works at Neldam's Danish Bakery, 3401 Telegraph Ave., across the street from
the alleged pot farm.
"I had the suspicion for the longest time, a couple years, but I had also
heard there was an investigation going on that whole time," Garcia, of
Oakland, said. All their windows and doors were completely closed up all the
time," she said.
"I heard that at night time, there was always a lot of activity over there.
When I got to work at 10 today I could smell the smell again, and all these
guys in black T-shirts that said DEA, and I knew what happened. They had all
this equipment on the ground they were loading it into this truck. They were
there as early as 5 a.m., I heard."
There have been no arrests so far, the DEA said.
The DEA offered little detail. However, Garcia said, " They had raids in San
Leandro, Hayward, Oakland. It's supposed to be the biggest drug bust in
California," she said.
In Oakland, the raid was intense. "They broke the door down; there's glass
everywhere," Garcia said. "The ground is covered with digitized medical
records.
The building used to be occupied by a medical records office, Neldam's
employees said.
DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena statement that documents regarding
the raids remain under court seal.
"Search warrants were conducted a several locations throughout the Bay Area
and Northern California and items of evidentiary value were seized from
these locations," Pena said.
Another DEA agent said the raids were aimed at major distributors in the
upper echelons of the marijuana trade.
High grade marijuana has become increasingly popular. An ounce of good
quality marijuana can sell for $400 or $500 on the street, experts say.
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