An extension cord led a deputy straight to a greenhouse allegedly used to grow marijuana and to a suspected honey oil lab on a property in east San Diego this week, officials said.
According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy was on patrol Tuesday afternoon in the 1200 block of Harbison Canyon Road in unincorporated El Cajon when he noticed a single extension cord leading to a large property.
When he followed the cord, he discovered portable drying rooms and greenhouses used to cultivate marijuana. The deputy also saw a large greenhouse with pot growing inside and several other plants next to an RV in the area.
Officials said there were no houses on the property, just the RV and the greenhouses.
The deputy spoke with the property owner, identified as William Leck, 29, who allegedly admitted to having a large marijuana harvest. Leck also said he had the material to produce butane honey oil, according to the sheriff’s department.
Officials searched Leck’s property and found 60 marijuana plants, nearly 100 pounds of processed pot and a complete butane honey oil lab, including six cases of unused butane.
Leck was arrested by the Narcotics Task Force on suspicion of manufacturing butane honey oil, cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. He was booked into San Diego Central Jail.
