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.