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It has been a busy week so far for deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff Station, as they served 12 search warrants Monday (May 17) and Tuesday (May 18) at illegal outdoor marijuana cultivation sites in the unincorporated county areas of Morongo Valley, Landers, and the Desert Heights area of Twentynine Palms. Reporter Cassidy Taylor has the details… Sheriff deputies and detectives eradicated over 5,300 illegal marijuana plants. Courtesy Photo. Courtesy Photo. In the operation, deputies and detectives eradicated over 5,300 marijuana plants, totaling over five and a half tons of plants by weight. Investigators also found an illegal electrical bypass and seized approximately 38 pounds of processed marijuana packaged for sales. Two suspects, Chong Thao, 31, of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Cho Yang, 31, of Fresno were arrested at a location near El Bandido/ Brant Crossing Road for illegal marijuana cultivation and sales. ....
It has been a busy week so far for deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff Station, as they served 12 search warrants Monday (May 17) and Tuesday (May 18) at illegal outdoor marijuana cultivation sites in the unincorporated county areas of Morongo Valley, Landers, and the Desert Heights area of Twentynine Palms. Reporter Cassidy Taylor has the details… Sheriff deputies and detectives eradicated over 5,300 illegal marijuana plants. Courtesy Photo. Courtesy Photo. In the operation, deputies and detectives eradicated over 5,300 marijuana plants, totaling over five and a half tons of plants by weight. Investigators also found an illegal electrical bypass and seized approximately 38 pounds of processed marijuana packaged for sales. Two suspects, Chong Thao, 31, of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Cho Yang, 31, of Fresno were arrested at a location near El Bandido/ Brant Crossing Road for illegal marijuana cultivation and sales. ....
Five people were arrested and eight tons marijuana plants were seized during eight illegal grow raids in the Morongo Basin Friday. According to Sheriffs reports, 14 deputies and detectives executed search warrants at eight illegal outdoor marijuana grow sites in the unincorporated areas of Landers and the Desert Heights Community of Twentynine Palms, resulting in the seizure of more than 4,400 plants, totaling eight tons of marijuana. Investigators also located two firearms, ammunition, and anabolic steroids. Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Department courtesy photo. Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Department courtesy photo. Carlos Avila, 40 of Sinaloa, Mexico; Octavio Perez, 25 of Guanajuanto Mexico; and Carlos Pulido, 23; Fernando Gonzalez, 36; and Christian Lopez, 25, of Michoacan, Mexico were all arrested for investigation of illegal marijuana cultivation and possession of a controlled substance while in possession of a loaded firearm, and were booked into the Morongo Basin ....
Five people were arrested and eight tons marijuana plants were seized during eight illegal grow raids in the Morongo Basin Friday. According to Sheriffs reports, 14 deputies and detectives executed search warrants at eight illegal outdoor marijuana grow sites in the unincorporated areas of Landers and the Desert Heights Community of Twentynine Palms, resulting in the seizure of more than 4,400 plants, totaling eight tons of marijuana. Investigators also located two firearms, ammunition, and anabolic steroids. Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Department courtesy photo. Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Department courtesy photo. Carlos Avila, 40 of Sinaloa, Mexico; Octavio Perez, 25 of Guanajuanto Mexico; and Carlos Pulido, 23; Fernando Gonzalez, 36; and Christian Lopez, 25, of Michoacan, Mexico were all arrested for investigation of illegal marijuana cultivation and possession of a controlled substance while in possession of a loaded firearm, and were booked into the Morongo Basin ....