According to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office On Nov. 27, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit served four search warrants to investigate an illegal cannabis cultivation.
The parcels investigated did not possess the required county permit and state license to cultivate cannabis commercially.
During the service of the warrants, deputies located a sophisticated cannabis cultivation operation, including processing buildings, living quarters and multiple light deprivation greenhouses that appeared to have been recently harvested.
Deputies seized and destroyed approximately 16,000 pounds of processed cannabis. Deputies also located and seized one firearm and over $40,000 in cash. While on the scene, deputies detained more than 30 people, most of whom provided deputies with Eastern European passports for identification purposes.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife assisted in the service of the warrants and observed multiple water diversion violations and streambed alteration violations on the scene.
No arrests were made during the service of the warrant. The investigation will be forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for review.
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