(Photos provided by Trinity County Sheriff’s Office)
Trinity County Sheriff’s Office press release:
In the month of July the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, US Forest Service and CAMP conducted Marijuana Cultivation raid and eradication operations in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Eight arrests were made, a total of 60,191 marijuana plants were eradicated, one stolen firearm was recovered, over 2 tons of fertilizer and 2 tons of trash were removed from numerous different sites. Seven of the eight arrested subjects were Mexican nationals and one was a US Citizen. Biologists were brought to several of the sites to document the extensive damage to the environment.
Person(s) of Interest, Involved or Arrested/DOB:
- Secundo Esquibel (08/08/1951)
- Antonio Rosales Gomez (01/02/1988)
- Jose Alvarez (40/20/1975),
- Moises Torres (01/20/1985),
- Oscar Herrera-Gonzalez (06/26/1986),
- Manuel Marzial (01/17/1993)
- Juan Munoz Herrera (01/13/1971)
- Pedro Contreras (07/25/1985)
Charges:
- 11358HS –PLANT/CULTIVATEMARIJUANA
- 182 PC –CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIME
- 111359HS –POSSESS MARIJUANA FOR SALE
- 148PC-OBSTRUCT/RESIST ARREST
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