A San Marino man has been arrested for cultivating more than 700 marijuana plants in a sophisticated grow house near the El Monte Airport, police said Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Neighbors had reported their suspicions about a townhouse on the 10900 block of Basye Street, with people coming and going at all hours of the night and blacked-out windows.<\/p>\n
Detectives staked out the home and pulled over Alexander Moy, 33, of San Marino as he drove away Monday afternoon, said El Monte Police Det. Ralph Batres.<\/p>\n
Police obtained a search warrant for the home, where they found at least 700 marijuana plants in different stages of cultivation, along with commercial lighting and temperature control devices.<\/p>\n
The operators of the grow house also had cut into the electrical meter to steal power from the utility Southern California Edison, Batres said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Moy was a renter at the home, which the owner apparently did not know was being used for pot cultivation. <\/p>\n
He is being held on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.<\/p>\n