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Nye County Sheriff"s Office
Marijuana filled a room at 2440 Turtle Street in Pahrump in August 2011. The alleged operator of the grow house was 28-year-old Amos Cavallo.
By Jackie Valley (contact) 
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 | 10:11 a.m.
Detectives are still searching for the alleged operator of the grow houses, 28-year-old Amos Cavallo. He fled the scene as deputies arrived at the 2440 Turtle Street residence.
Two marijuana grow houses in Pahrump allegedly operated by the same man could have yielded about $5.7 million on the streets, according to Nye County deputies.
Detectives discovered the first operation at 2010 S. Manzanita Ave. in Pahrump on Aug. 8 after serving a search warrant based on an anonymous tip, officials said. Inside, authorities found 243 marijuana plants in various stages of growth, weighing about 160 pounds, deputies said.
Evidence at the home indicated that 28-year-old Amos John Cavallo allegedly operated the grow house, authorities said. Deputies then executed a search warrant at 2440 Turtle St. in Pahrump, where they thought Cavallo might be living.
Detectives discovered a larger cultivating operation at that home, containing 1,726 marijuana plants in various stages of growth as well as processed marijuana. Deputies also seized 4 grams of methamphetamine and prescription medication at the home, officials said.
Deputies said Cavallo allegedly spliced into the electric supply at both residences and manipulated power so it didn’t pass through the electric meter and cost additional money.
Cavallo fled the Turtle Street home as detectives arrived and is being sought by authorities. He faces charges of maintaining a place to sell/use/give away a controlled substance, trafficking marijuana, trafficking methamphetamine, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia for manufacturing a controlled substance and theft of a public utility.
Authorities described Cavallo as white, about 5-feet-11-inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information about his location is being asked to contact the Nye County Sheriff’s Office at (775) 751-7000 or via email.
That's a nice hydro setup. And that's not 5.7 million dollars worth of Cannabis, this is a complete lie.
Aside from the meth found, I don't see a problem with someone growing plants in their house.
I wouldn't call your number even if I found the guy.
"after serving a search warrant based on an anonymous tip"
Yea right... Anonymous tip, we believe you.
Damn. What a tool. I hope he gets caught before he makes it to Mexico or wherever he thinks he can run to. These are the people I despise the most in this world. I also want the bastards that he sells to arrested and I think this city needs to raid a lot of places down towards Fremont street. I can't go down there anymore without being approached by some sketchy black dudes trying to sell me drugs and i really wish they would put an end to it. Just like on C Street in downtown San Diego... on a daily basis there is a guy who works out of his sisters hair salon and sells crack... seen it go down... daily... but when you call the police, they ignore the call and do nothing... or... they show up and don't do a thing. It's like they are getting a cut of it. Makes me sick.
TheSerfAttack
What kind of math are you using? This bust was worth millions.
So Sad :( ; Medical marijuana patients not able to get their meds.
That sure is a lot of weed to find after all the money we've spent trying to eradicate cannabis over the last few decades. It sounds like the federal marijuana prohibition doesn't work!
We need to control cannabis like beer and wine and allow our supermarkets to sell it to adults. That's the *only* way to eliminate illegal grows like this one.
Just as we laugh at the Salem Witch trials for their insanity, so will our future generations laugh at us for our marijuana policy. Aspirin kills 7500 people a year. The Center for Disease Control cites only 1 case of a teenager dying from marijuana and she also ingested ecstasy. As far as it being a "gateway drug", cigarette smoking is more correlated to hardcore drug use then marijuana. World leaders are coming together to encourage decriminalization to save our communities and families. We would save MILLIONS of dollar every year by releasing non violent marijuana offenders. We could also make MILLIONS of dollars from the taxation. Yes, marijuana gives a "high". But so does beer and wine and they are legal. Cigarettes are legal and kill tens of thousands of people every year. Teenagers can get marijuana much easier than its legal counterparts: alcohol and cigarettes. Why? Drug dealers don't card.
Doesn't anyone fact-check the math on these Desert Deputies($5.7 M) anymore?
160lbs is worth at best $800K if sold in the upper East Coast - Are we going to start applying a full dollar value to a seed now?
Okay, who cares? If you consider this is how grant money is allocated - you should care.
doubledown_deadender
What math are you using?
Tina I was going to post almost identical info.
:wave: @ potheads tinAA and 7feets.
Damn, doubledown_deadender, you sound like you have substantial expertise at moving drugs.
Typical puffery from Pahrump police. Remember the big "sexting" crap? Anything to make headlines for the Podunk police. Was the Nye DA passed out out front?
The "street amount" of the drugs is inflated, next thing they will go into the house and get the cutlery from the kitchen, lay it out on a table to show "all the weaponry" the drug people had.
Pretty sure it was all for personal use.
No, those women in Salem were witches. What ch' talkin' 'bout!
DDDE, Where these narcs sell this stuff you can get 100 a 8th for green stems.
Stop the ineffective drug war
A big drug bust of marijuana. Big deal. Make it legal and tax the s&*t out of it like they do booze and cigarettes.
Nice to see a few posters who know so much on street value.
@Robert2 and all the rest who just take what the "authorities" tell you as absolute truth.
160lbs. of canabis plant matter is not even close to $5.7 million. Here is the math, pay attention.
A typical gram, the lowest sellable quantitity of cannabis, is $20.
160lbs. x 16oz in a pound x 28 grams in an ounce = 71,680 grams. Multiply that by $20 and you get $1,433,600.
Now the police said they seized 160lbs. of plants in various stages of growth. You can't sell stalks, leaves or stems so perhaps half (and that is a generous estimate)of that amount actually had "street value." What you get is closer to $700,00 and my guess is it was actually a lot lower. Pathetic that they think that we the people are fooled by their voodoo math
*cannabis. Sorry I spelled it wrong and I don't want the spellcheck police to get me.
See I turned myself in!!!
@weezeloner
The article stated 243 plants at 160 pounds from one house. There was another house that had an additional 1726 plants with meth.
Pathetic that you didn't read the full article.