The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) has concluded the 2018
Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP) grant cycle (October 2017 to
September 2018). During the 2018 cycle the following statistics were calculated:
65 operations conducted
198,692 Marijuana plants eradicated
12,591.06 pounds of marijuana bud destroyed
11,561.98 pounds of marijuana shake destroyed
4 Butane Honey Oil labs disrupted
656.85 pounds of Butane Honey Oil destroyed
$3,160,570 in US currency seized
14 arrests
36 firearms seized
The DCE/SP grant is funded by the Drug Enforcement Administration with the intent to reduce
domestic marijuana cultivation. The DCE/SP grant started in 1979 and funds deputy overtime
costs, expendable and none expendable equipment, aircraft rental and training/travel costs. The
Sheriff’s Office has been a recipient of this grant for the past 20 years and received $154,000 for
the 2018 grant cycle.
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