The
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office served (7) seven search warrants on (7) seven
separate parcels of property. The search
warrants were for commercial marijuana growing operations located in over 40
separate large green house type structures on the parcels of property. The
search warrants were served on parcels of property located off Hogtrap Road and
South Face Road, Island Mountain. The search warrants were served from Monday,
June 22, 2015 through Thursday, June 25, 2015. No suspect(s) were located on
the parcels.
The
Sheriff’s Office seized or eradicated the following items from the search
warrants:
1.
23,211
marijuana plants.
2.
4,394
pounds of processed marijuana.
3.
15
pounds of marijuana hash in brick form.
4.
16-firearms.
5.
50,000
rounds of ammunition in the following calibers, .50 caliber, .308 caliber and
.556 caliber.
Deputies
documented illegal dumping of garbage, unpermitted grading of land, and water
diversion on the (7) parcels of property. Deputies are working with the State
of California Department of Fish and Wild Life Services in their investigations
in identifying the property owners and suspect(s) involved in the environmental
damage done on the parcels of property. The Sheriff’s Office will submit their
reports to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for review and
possible criminal charges to be filed against the suspect(s) involved in this
commercial marijuana growing operations.
A (8)
eighth search warrant was served on a parcel of property in the Island Mountain
area by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. A female subject was contacted
and was growing approximately (50) marijuana plants on her property. After the
investigation it was determined that she was incompliance was medical marijuana
guide lines in the State of California. No marijuana was seized from her
property and the female subject was not arrested.
The
street value of the marijuana seized and eradicated is approximately 26.5
million dollars.
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