-from sfgate.com

By Henry K. Lee

$10 Million Pot Bust, Four men arrested

Contra Costa sheriff’s narcotics investigators have arrested four men and seized 6,000 marijuana plants worth $10 million in connection with a sophisticated growing operation in homes in Oakley, Brentwood and Antioch, authorities said Friday.

Jimmy Lee, sheriff’s spokesman, said deputies searched a home on Minaret Road in Oakley on Wednesday and seized 3,000 plants. They arrested Patric Cuspard, 36, and his brother, Philip Cuspard, both of Antioch, on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and tampering with electrical lines. Ricky Atkinson, 32, of Antioch was arrested for possession of marijuana.

At a home on Lakeview Drive in Brentwood, investigators arrested Daniel Davila, 36, of Antioch for cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, tampering with electrical lines and a felon in possession of a firearm. Police seized about 2,000 marijuana plants at the home.

About 400 plants were confiscated at a home on Mt. Goethe Way in Antioch, while 900 plants and 5 pounds of marijuana were seized at a home on the 4500 block of Mirror Court in Antioch.

On Thursday, investigators arrested Ronald Spears, 51, of Oakley at a home on Sandmound Boulevard in Oakley.