1900 POT PLANTS SEIZED AT COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Police seized about 1,900 marijuana plants in an elaborate indoor farm in a
garment district commercial building and arrested the suspected grower, a
detective said Thursday.

Samuel Segall, 32, was arrested on suspicion of cultivating marijuana and
was being held on $50,000 bail, said Los Angeles Police Det. Roger Compton.

Detectives served search warrants at 318 W. 9th St. at 6 p.m. Wednesday and
found a large marijuana farming operation, complete with lights, timers and
a drip irrigation system, Compton said.

"We found approximately 1,900 marijuana plants, ranging from 3 inches to 3
feet high," the detective said.

Segall was renting units in the building and combined them by knocking out
walls, police said.

Detectives waited for Segall at his residence in Westlake and began
following him when he got into his car. They stopped Segall and arrested
him a short time later.

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