Press Release:
On
07-26-2016 at 9:00 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office assisted by the
Humboldt County Drug Task Force, Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office,
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, Cal-Fire, Humboldt County
Code Enforcement, California National Guard and the State Water Quality Board
served a search warrant at the end of Crosby Road, Ferndale.
When
Officers arrived on scene they detained (7) seven suspects. Officers located a
large outdoor commercial marijuana growing operation on the property. Two of the suspect(s) located on the property
were armed with loaded handguns on their person in the marijuana garden.
Officers
eradicated over 3,000 outdoor marijuana plants that ranged in size from 3’ to
7’ in height. Officers located evidence of unpermitted road grading on the
property along with water diversion. Officers arrested two suspects on the
property, who were armed. Those two suspect were identified as, Oscar Ricardo
Cubero age 31 and Vidal Ysidro Cortez age 26 both from Texas. Both suspects
were arrested for cultivation and possession for sales of marijuana and for
being armed in the commission of a felony. The other (5) subjects located on
the property were questioned and released without charges.
Officers
while at the scene developed information for a roll over search at property
located in the 1000 block of Felt Road, Miranda. Officers then obtained a
Humboldt County Superior Court search warrant for the property at 4:00 p.m.
When Officers served the search warrant they did not locate any subjects on the
property.
Officers
seized over 3,000 growing marijuana plants that ranged in size from 2” to 4’ in
height. Officers seized over 350 pounds of processed marijuana and 350
individual one pound bags of processed marijuana. Officers located 9 firearms
on the property.
Both of
these cases are still under investigation and more arrests are anticipated.
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