Kern County: Illegal Cannabis Grow Operation Dismantled, 35 Arrested
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has announced the dismantling of an unlawful cannabis cultivation operation, as well as the seizure of illegal firearms and several hundred pounds of cannabis. 35 people were also arrested as part of the operation.
According to a Sheriff’s Office press release, the county’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force served a search warrant at an illegal cannabis grow site on the morning of Wednesday, February 14. The operation was contained within a large warehouse on Getty Street in Bakersfield.
At the site, authorities eradicated nearly 2,600 cannabis plants and confiscated over 500 pounds of processed cannabis. Authorities reportedly also confiscated several illegal firearms.
Photos taken during the operation can be viewed below this article.
The 35 people arrested in connection with the operation were identified as:
- Sergio Rojas, 50, of Mexico City, Mexico
- Jesus Ruiz-Pena, 36, of Durango, Mexico
- Abraham Ramirez-Quinonez, 45, of Mexico City
- Arturo Ibarra, 62, of Durango
- Candelario Lopez-Ruiz, 55, of Mexico City
- Cesar Estrada-Aispuro, 36, of Mexico City
- Ciro Felix, 23, of Sinaloa, Mexico
- Daniel Torres, 24, of Mexico City
- Diana Leon-Torres, 23, of Durango
- Francisco Aispuro-Vizcarra, 20, of Mexico City
- Francisco Felix-Rodriguez, 26, of Mexico City
- German Rojas-Maldonado, 46, of Mexico City
- Giovanni Fernandez-Angulo, 25, of Mexico City
- Gloria Ibarra, 68, of Mexico City
- Gregorio Torres-Pena, 25, of Mexico City
- Ismael Valenzuela-Felix, 30, of Sinaloa
- Jeanette Sanchez, 40, of Sun Valley, California
- Jesus Fernandez-Nunez, 44, of Mexico City
- Jorge Ramirez-Angulo, 31, of Mexico City
- Jose Cordero-Zazveta, 18, of Mexico City
- Jose Fernandez-Angulo, 35, of Mexico City
- Juan Salazar-Felix, 36, of Sinaloa
- Luis Fernandez-Ruiz, 37, of Durango
- Manuel Ruiz-Angulo, 20, of Mexico City
- Martin Ramirez-Angulo, 40, of Mexico City
- Narciso Aispuro Lopez, 41, of Durango
- Oscar Fernandez, 20, of Culiacan Sinaloa, Mexico
- Paz Ruiz-Feliz, 45, of Mexico City
- Pipino Ruiz, 45, of Mexico City
- Rey Aispuro-Estrada, 38, Sinaloa
- Ruben Angulo-Ruiz, 23, of Mexico City
- Veronica Vega-Mendoza, 34, of Michoacan, Mexico
- Victor Fernandez, 60, of Durango
- Hilario Ruiz-Lopez, 42, of Mexico City
- Pedro Lopez-Ruiz, 52, of Duarte, Mexico
According to the press release, all of these individuals were arrested on suspicion of maintaining a place for drug sales, cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales, possession of assault weapons, resisting arrest, and conspiracy to commit a crime.
