-from mercurynews.com-

By Kelli Phillips

ANTIOCH - Police arrested one person and seized 73 marijuana plants and hydroponic growing equipment at a residential home, police announced Thursday.

Antioch police served a search warrant at a home in the 200 block of Rossi Avenue about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, a news release said. The interior of the two-bedroom home had been significantly altered to accommodate a large hydroponic cultivation system, the release said.

The home’s lone resident, 27-year-old Nicholas Ojeda, was in possession of a handgun, a small amount of suspected cocaine and ecstasy as well as 73 marijuana plants and $20,000 worth of growing equipment, the release said.

He told police he worked for a Fremont company that sells hydroponic equipment commonly used to cultivate marijuana. He was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and cultivation.

Coincidentally, the residence was directly across the street from a house of prostitution that Antioch police shut down in June. Police say there doesn’t appear to be any connection between the two locations.