Truckee resident in jail on pot cultivation charges

A Truckee resident was arrested for allegedly growing marijuana at his residence in his in the Glenshire subdivision on Saxon Way.

On the morning of Sept. 20, officers searched the house. They said they found, “The entire interior of the three-bedroom house had been converted into a marijuana growing operation.”

About 40 marijuana plants were in various stages of development and about half that many were ready for harvest, officers said.

Arrested at the scene on charges of illegal cultivation of marijuana was Michael Morrow, 25, of Truckee. Morrow was also on felony probation out of Placer County for a previous conviction of illegal marijuana cultivation, and he was also charged with violation of probation.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report