Police discover underground drug lab at home in Granada Hills
Los Angeles Police Department officers on Wednesday reported the discovery of what they called an "elaborate underground illicit drug lab" in Granada Hills.
Photos from the home show a hatch in the floor leading to a ladder that drops down into a drug lab. Police said that the hole was about 12 feet deep.
Executing a search warrant on the home resulted in officers locating a litany of evidential items, including eight handguns, two shotguns and four rifles on top of approximately eight pounds of methamphetamine, more than three pounds of cannabis and hash oil, eight liters of gamma hydroxybutyrate, otherwise known as liquid ecstasy, one ounce of heroin, nearly two ounces of fentanyl and alprazolam each, 25 DMT (N-dimethyltryptamine) pills, and 21 strips of suboxone.
Officers conducted the search warrant after receiving an anonymous tip in November, which reported an illegal marijuana cultivation operation at the home, located in the 16500 block of Hiawatha Street.
Casey Linder, a 37-year-old resident at the home, was arrested on suspicion of manufacture of controlled substances. His bail is set at $75,000.
"Officers believed that narcotics manufacturing was occurring at the residence," said a police statement. "A search warrant was obtained for the residence, which revealed a Psilocybin (hallucinogenic mushrooms) grow in a backyard shed."
Anyone with additional information on the operation was asked to contact police at (818) 832-1131.
