NEWS: 11 charged in raid on huge Oakland marijuana grow

Oakland, Calif. (AP) - Alameda County prosecutors have filed charges against 11 people in connection with what police said was one of the largest marijuana grows in Oakland's history.

The Oakland Tribune reports ( http://bit.ly/KlOKTX) that each suspect was charged on Friday with felony possession of marijuana for sale and cultivating marijuana.

The operation's owner, 35-year-old Adrian Orion Papajohn, is also being charged with six counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and other charges.

Oakland police raided a warehouse on Wednesday night and found about 2,500 pot plants, $40,000 in cash and guns, ammunition and body armor.

The warehouse was also outfitted with a video surveillance system and its doors bolstered with reinforced steel.

Police said the warehouse was not permitted as a medical marijuana operation.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle