SWAT team responds after home invasion robbery in suspected Oakland marijuana grow house

Byby Elissa Harrington KGO logo
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
SWAT team responds to Oakland home invasion
Oakland police were in an area of MacArthur Boulevard Wednesday morning to investigate a home invasion robbery, a police spokeswoman said.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland police were in an area of MacArthur Boulevard Wednesday morning to investigate a home invasion robbery, a police spokeswoman said.

Officers responded at 5:44 a.m. to the report of a home invasion robbery in the 2700 block of MacArthur Boulevard.

Police said the incident happened where there was a suspected marijuana grow. Officers detained one suspect before other suspects fled.

They believed those suspects were hiding in a building, and a SWAT team responded. Officers were unable to locate those suspects.

MacArthur Boulevard was reopened around 11 a.m.

No other details were immediately available.

Bay City News contributed to this report