CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The service of two search warrants in Clearlake Oaks on Monday morning led to the seizure of approximately 45,274 marijuana plants, 186 pounds of processed marijuana and two firearms, and resulted in six arrests.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit served the warrants in the 24000 block of East State Highway 20 – in an area formerly known as the Oasis Motocross – with assistance from the County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team, or COMMET, and the California National Guard Drug Task Force, the sheriff’s office reported.
Officials said four subjects were detained at a large-scale marijuana complex with both outdoor and greenhouse marijuana plants.
Two other subjects were detained on an adjacent land parcel where thousands of marijuana plants were being cultivated on a mountainside. Another subject was later located walking along East State Highway 20, authorities said.
The investigation led to the arrest of Jeffrey Michael Mann, 58, of Clearlake Oaks; She Ren Huang, 51, of Fremont; Xiaofeng Wang, 46, of Alhambra; Tanng Zhili, 51, of Sacramento; Martin Arellano-Carillo, 39, of Clearlake; and Severiano Carrillo-Alvarado, 29, of Santa Rosa, according to the sheriff’s report.
The sheriff’s office said that during a search of the large scale marijuana complex deputies seized two firearms, 118 approximately 1-pound bags of manicured marijuana bud and 1,883 marijuana plants. The water source for the grow site was being supplied in part by a pond with unpermitted grading.
During a search of the adjacent parcel, the sheriff’s office said detectives seized 43,052 marijuana plants growing on a mountainside, 339 marijuana plants growing near a cabin and approximately 68 pounds of processed marijuana drying inside the cabin. The water source for that grow site was being diverted from a creek with a gasoline pump to a mountain top manmade reservoir.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit will continue its efforts to eradicate narcotics from the communities of Lake County and seize the suspected profits o f drug trafficking for asset forfeiture whenever possible.
Anyone with information that can assist the Narcotics Unit with this effort is encouraged to call the anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.