. . INDOOR GARDENING : CRIME AND CRIMINALS: Owners of 2 Northern California Gardening Stores, 17 Others Facing Drug Trafficking Charges . . Owners of 2 Northern California Gardening Stores, 17 Others Facing Drug Trafficking Charges THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First Posted: May 16, 2012 - 10:05 pm Last Updated: May 16, 2012 - 10:06 pm The Republichttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ 7dcd41de97f64bf1954c7c0b403c9ae4/CA--Gardening-Stores-Marijuana-Bust/
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/7c99nh9 . .SAN FRANCISCO The owners of two Northern California indoor gardening stores were arrested by federal drug agents on Wednesday after authorities conducted a year-long investigation they said showed the hydroponic equipment shops were at the center of a large marijuana trafficking operation.
.Steven Ortega Sr. and his wife, Marla Ortega, of Byron, are accused along with their two adult sons of cultivating and selling large amounts of marijuana by furnishing growers with equipment and sometimes start-up funds from their Growers Choice Hydroponics stores in return for a share of the pot proceeds.
.Rettig says investigators determined the ring was centered at Grower's Choice Hydroponics, a hydroponic equipment store with locations in Tracy and Hayward.
.As part of what was termed "Operation Disco Dazed," teams of federal agents and local police seized a little more than 3,600 marijuana plants, nearly 100 pounds of processed marijuana, dozens of guns, a grenade launcher and other items during raids at 14 residential and commercial properties, Drug Enforcement Agency spokeswoman Casey Rettig said.
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