Marijuana Diesel Generator

Penticton RCMP have concluded their two day long investigation of the Grand Oro Road grow op, seizing a total of 4,860 marijuana plants.

RCMP Corporal Dan Moskaluk says the grow op was set up in two houses, two outbuildings and in three 40-foot shipping containers.

A fourth container was in the process of being outfitted.

Moskaluk says the operation was powered by a single eight foot long diesel generator.

"I've seen similar ones used to power small apartment buildings," says Moskaluk.

The grow operation appeared to have been in use for at least a year, he says.

The two men arrested on scene have been released, and will appear in court at a later date to face possible drug charges.

The Penticton RCMP is continuing it's investigation into identifying the property owners with possibilities of further persons being charged.

Police in Penticton are in the process of closing down what can be described as a significant marijuana grow operation.

RCMP from Penticton and Oliver along with members of the Penticton Regional Drug Task Force raided the property on Grand Oro Road, southwest of Penticton Wednesday evening.

Constable Dan Moskaluk, says while police are still going through the property, upwards of 3,000 to 5,000 mature pot plants were growing on the property.

Moskaluk says plants were discovered in two, two-storey outbuildings on the property.

Two men in their 20s and 30s were arrested on the property.

One man was taken into custody at the time of the raid while a second was discovered hiding in a closet when police returned to the site Thursday morning.

Moskaluk says police also found an AR 15 automatic assault rifle with a fully loaded magazine leaning up against a wall in the living room.