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MENDOCINO CO., 5/9/26 — The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a man from Booneville for alleged human trafficking for forced labor in connection to an illegal cannabis cultivation site in Navarro, the Sheriff’s Office said Friday. 

Investigators located an adult victim who reported being forced to live and work on the property for about two years without access to a bathroom and sufficient food. 

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Savana Robinson is a staff writer and photographer based in Ukiah, California.