Olivenhain drug house severely damaged in fire

From an Olivenhain tipster:

- Fire trucks heard late last night
- Plumes of smoke still visible this morning
- RSF and Encinitas fire trucks on the scene
- News vans on the scene
- Appears to be the Olivenhain drug house from earlier EU coverage

Here's 10 News on the story.  10 News confirms it is 1507 Rancho Encinitas, the subject of the December SWAT raid.  As we reported in January, the owners had recently lost a mortgage-related lawsuit against Chase Bank, and were trying to sell the house.

Congratulations to the neighbors of Rancho Encinitas Drive! It looks like your long neighborhood nightmare is finally over.

UPDATE: Body found inside.

UPDATE 7/31/15: The victim was a 23-year-old woman.

UPDATE 8/4/15: The victim has been identified as Shelby Ann Black. May she rest in peace.

Own your own Olivenhain drug mansion!

The home featured in last month's SWAT raid is suddenly for sale at $1.4 million. While the owner recently lost a mortgage-related lawsuit against Chase Bank, it doesn't appear marked as a foreclosure sale. Perhaps it's just time to get out of town with a little equity.

The family bought the home in 1998 for $525,000.

Comes complete with secret compartment big enough to hide a person.

HT: Jim the Realtor.

UPDATE 1/15: Aaand it's gone. Change of heart?

BREAKING: SWAT raid in Olivenhain

Happening now, on Rancho Encinitas Drive off Lone Jack.

Loud bangs heard, white plume (tear gas?) seen rising from house.

6:50 AM: "Ghetto bird still circling."

7:40 AM: All over now. Still no coverage on local news sites.



The commotion appears to be at or near 1507 Rancho Encinitas, which has multiple online business listings including "Aae Retreat" drug rehab and senior care assisted living.

UPDATE: NBC 7 has the story with video:

Multiple agencies are executing a search warrant at what one officer called a "drug house" in an affluent Encinitas neighborhood near the coast.

The officers arrived shortly before 9 a.m. [wrong, obviously] on Rancho Encinitas Drive where residents had deployed a non-lethal chemical agent after hearing the officers outside the house. Several people were handcuffed and escorted out of the house later.

Nick Backouris, with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, said officials had received multiple complaints about the 4,000 sq. ft. home over the past several years and the home has been a headache for the community. He had said at a brief press conference earlier that they had a warrant for some drug and some gang activity.

And this:

Homeowner Anastasia, one of the arrested, was charged with furnishing a home under the use of narcotics.

There's actually a law against that? They caught her bringing in a La-Z-Boy and throw rug while high?