MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force eradicated 6,206 marijuana plants from two separate locations in the Middletown area on Monday.
No suspects or evidence leading to the identity of the growers were located at the grows, according to sheriff's spokesman Lt. Steve Brooks.
In April, narcotics detectives conducted overflight missions in the Middletown area in an effort to locate illicit marijuana growing operations, Brooks said.
He said during the overflight detectives located what appeared to be two illicit growing operations.
One of the grows was located in an area commonly known as Dog Rock, which is located off of Dry Creek Road in Middletown, Brooks said, with the second located in an area commonly known as Black Oak, located off of Butts Canyon Road in Middletown.
At 8 a.m. Monday narcotics detectives entered the grow site in the Dog Rock area. They located and eradicated 2,222 marijuana plants in different stages of maturity, Brooks said.
On the same day at 11 a.m. narcotics detectives entered the grow site in the Black Oak area, where they located and eradicated 3,984 marijuana plants, also at different growth stages, he said.
Brooks said that, so far this year, the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force Marijuana Unit has eradicated 128,349 marijuana plants from Lake County this year.
In addition, they have seized 421 pounds of processed marijuana, 76 firearms, made 42 arrests and seized $51,596 for asset forfeiture.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.