Feds say illegal pot operation funded with Chinese money

LOS ANGELES— Three men were arrested Thursday as part of an illegal marijuana-growing operation in Southern California that was funded with money from China, federal prosecutors said.Authorities seized nearly 200 pounds of processed marijuana and about 3,000 plants during raids on seven large homes in neatly kept San Bernardino County neighborhoods, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.The alleged coordinator of the scheme was a real estate agent who spent m