Law officials were checking on the Kelseyville-area home to see whether marijuana being grown by the residents was in compliance with medical marijuana laws when they found large amounts of pot being packaged, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
A search warrant ultimately turned up 408 pounds of processed marijuana and 820 pounds of unprocessed marijuana plants, tents, other camping equipment and a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun that had been reported stolen from San Diego, said Lake County Sheriff’s Capt. James Bauman. Thirty unharvested plants were growing in the yard.
The Eastlake Drive homeowner, Benjamin Bizon, 60, had two medical marijuana cards but could not account for the excessive amount of processed marijuana on the premises, Bauman said.
There is reason to believe the residence was used to package and process marijuana primarily from other gardens, he said.
Bizon was booked on suspicion of felony cultivation and possession of marijuana for sales. The other 14 men, who ranged in age from 18 to 57, were arrested on suspicion of cultivating marijuana, commission of a felony while armed and receiving stolen property.
Nine of them also had immigration holds placed on them, Bauman said.
Source: PressDemocrat.com
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