Vallejo police officers responding Tuesday to a reported home invasion stumbled instead upon an alleged drug house filled with about 150 marijuana plants.
No one was found in the home in the 400 block of Diana Drive after officers entered the residence for a welfare check around 11:30 a.m., Police Lt. Abel Tenorio said.
Nor were there were signs of forced entry around a window in the back of the house, Tenorio said.
A passerby called 911 just before 10 a.m. and said three black males with weapons were trying to force their way into the home from the backyard, Tenorio said.
Officers responded within three minutes and staked the residence out, with the department's black "Peacekeeper" tank providing cover.
But after numerous unanswered phone calls to the residence, police forcibly entered it. Neighbors said a Hispanic family lived there, Tenorio said.
Officers thought there might be hostages in the home, he said.
There was little furniture inside but plenty of marijuana plants, indicating the location may be just a drug house, Tenorio said.
Narcotics officers responded and were obtaining a search warrant, Tenorio said, though he did not know if they had gotten the warrant by mid-afternoon.
Lt. Jim O'Connell said people should keep an eye out for boarded up homes where people are coming in and out at odd hours -- possible signs that the residence is a drug house.
No one was arrested and police so far do not have any suspects.
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