MENDOCINO Co., 6/13/17 — The County of Mendocino Cannabis Eradication Team (COMMET) and the California National Guard Drug Task Force assisted the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in a raid on a cannabis grow site on Monday, May 12, at two parcels along CA Route 20 near Clearlake Oaks. According to a statement issued by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the execution of two search warrants led to a search of two adjacent parcels, where law enforcement found 45,274 cannabis plants, 186 pounds of processed cannabis, and two firearms.
Six people were also arrested during the cannabis raid: four at the first parcel, which had a “large-scale” greenhouse and outdoor cannabis garden, two arrested at the adjacent parcel, where about 43,000 plants were growing on a mountain side, and one subject was arrested after they were found walking down Highway 20 east, which runs through Lake County.
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