Huge drug bust in Mountlake Terrace leads to Shoreline grow operation

From the story "140 pounds of Marijuana in Traffic Stop

by Dustin DeKoekkoek in the MLTNews.com

On Wednesday morning, June 30, at approximately 6:30 AM, City of Mountlake Terrace officers, detectives, a reserve officer and the evidence room technician assisted the South Snohomish County narcotics task force and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in serving warrants in King County and Snohomish County. Most of our personnel were at a home in the City of Shoreline in the area of 3rd and 165th Pl NE, which was a split-level home occupied by two adult females and an infant. The home had a large marijuana grow operation with power diversion. Approximately 350, four foot tall, maturing plants were seized at the home along with grow lights, hoods, power diversion equipment and sophisticated ventilation system.

Shoreline police assisted in the service of two warrants June 30 on behalf of the South Snohomish County Narcotics Task Force.