Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On Jan. 13, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) served a search warrant in the 200 block of Cougar Rd. in Shelter Cove. The warrant service was the culmination of a month-long investigation initiated after deputies intercepted a parcel containing multiple pounds of processed marijuana being shipped out of state.

During the investigation, Fredrick Hoss, 60, of Shelter Cove, was identified as the individual who sent the package. Hoss was on scene at the time of the warrant service and found to be in possession of a firearm, 10g of methamphetamine, and 15 lbs. of marijuana being processed for sales.

Hoss was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the following charges:

• Felon in possession of a firearm—PC 29800(a)(1)
• Prohibited person in possession of ammunition—PC 30305(a)(1)
• Maintaining a drug house—H&S 11366.5
• Possession of methamphetamine—H&S 11377
• Possession of marijuana for sale—H&S 11359

Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

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CORRECTION: Hoss was not actually booked into jail on the struck-through charge above — apparently due to an administrative oversight, according to Sheriff’s Office public information officer Meghan Ruiz. Ruiz said that the office will ask the District Attorney’s Office to add the charge if/when those charges are filed in court.