Man Accused of Stealing Electricity to Grow $100K of Marijuana

While investigating a claim from Greystone Power Corp. of stolen electricity, Cobb Police found about 450 marijuana plants growing in an Austell home on Ling Drive.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, electricity had been stolen since May 25 after someone spliced into an underground power line.

Police arrested 42-year-old Dung Hoang, the renter of the Austell house, at his own home in Lithia Springs on Friday. On Wednesday night, he remained in Cobb County Jail without bond, stated the AJC report.

Hoang was charged with two counts of manufacturing and possession of marijuana, one count of drug trafficking and one count of theft of services.

Police estimated the plants would have produced about 100 pounds of the drug, which can sell for as much as $1,000 per pound, the report stated.

South Cobb Patch will update this story as more details become available.