Nearly 3,800 marijuana plants were seized from two Beaumont homes in two days this week, police say.

The first and the largest seizure happened Tuesday, Sept. 27, about noon. Officers from the Beaumont Police Department served a search warrant in the 100 block of Third Street and found a marijuana operation which they say is valued at about $9 million.

The 2,864 marijuana plants they found in the home alone are valued at $8.5 million, according to a news release from the department. The growing equipment they removed is valued at about $500,000.

The home had been in business for about six months, Sgt. George Walter said in a news release.

At that time, officers arrested 51-year-old Zhi Wei Ke, of Los Angeles; 29-year-old Jin Ying Chen, of New York, and 46-year-old Zhen Qiang Su of Alhambra. All three men were booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of cultivating more than 500 marijuana plants and possession for sale.

The following day, officers served another search warrant at a home in the 600 block of Luis Estrada, which is about a half-mile from the home where they first found the plants.

Police say they seized 927 plants valued at about $2.7 million. Growing equipment amounting to about $300,000 was also taken from the home.

Police think the home had been operating as a grow house for about a month.

Nobody has been arrested in that case, though officers are still investigating. Anyone with information about either case can reach Walter at 951-769-8500.