Deputies seize nearly 7,000 marijuana plants in Northern California drug bust
(FOX40.COM) — Nearly 7,000 illegal marijuana plants were recently seized during a Northern California drug bust.
The Yuba County Sheriff's Office said it partnered with the regional SWAT team and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to execute multiple search warrants in the Brownsville and Dobbins areas last week.
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'While the primary focus was finding illegal marijuana cultivation, investigators quicklyuncovered additional criminal activity, including the possession of an illegal firearm,illegal fumigant pesticides, and multiple water code violations,' YCSO said.
At the end of the warrant operations, 6,961 plants were eradicated, according to YCSO. Investigators arrested a 34-year-old man near Pine Ridge Drive in Brownsville, anda 61-year-old man near Sun Forest Court in Dobbins.
Both men face charges of felony cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, and resisting arrest.
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