SAN DIEGO - Thirteen people have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from a marijuana distribution and multimillion-dollar money laundering operation in San Diego.
The 45-count indictment charged 13 defendants with crimes including conspiracy to distribute, conspiracy to launder millions of dollars, as well as felonies related to the purchase of a $2 million Rancho Santa Fe home and marijuana cultivation on the property, according to U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy.
The defendants are Joshua John Hester, 29; Rex Naanos, 30; Jay Hansen, 30; real estate agent Marco Manuel Luis, 30; Kelsey Lynn Wiedenhoefer, 27; Ryan Michael White, 24; Tara Hester, 26; Zachary Dickinson, 22; Justin Matthew Hunt, 28; Stephanie Tine, 20; Alec Pacillas, 24; Adam Muscat, 33; and Joseph Matthew Nunes, 33.
Federal prosecutors say they grew marijuana in a vacant Rancho Santa Fe home and sold it to medical marijuana collectives in downtown San Diego and Pacific Beach.
Hester is the leader of the drug ring, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson.
The ring is accused of selling marijuana to the Green Kross Collective in Pacific Beach and the Downtown Kush Lounge in San Diego.
Both operated as legal medical marijuana dispensaries under state law, the prosecutor said.
A federal complaint unsealed earlier this month reveals Hester purchased a $2 million home at 15702 Circo Diegueno in Rancho Santa Fe (map) and used as a location to grow marijuana
Earlier this year, during a raid on the house, drug agents found a secret door that lead into rooms where marijuana plants were growing.
Agencies involved in the case were an Internal Revenue Service criminal investigation unit, a Drug Enforcement Administration narcotics task force, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Source: San Diego Channel 6
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