On Jan. 10, 2019, deputies with according to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies with the Drug Enforcement Unit served a search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation and extraction.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt County Environmental Health and HAZMAT Unit and the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department assisted in the service of the warrant.
The parcel investigated during the service of the warrant did not possess the required county permit and state license to cultivate or extract cannabis commercially.
Phillip Morgan Likos, 36, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance as well as several other violations with civil fines.
During the service of the warrant, deputies located a substantial indoor cannabis cultivation operation and multiple butane honey oil (BHO) labs.
Deputies eradicated approximately 991 growing cannabis plants. Deputies also seized and destroyed approximately 8,479 pounds of cannabis trim, approximately 277 pounds of cannabis bud and approximately 26.5 pounds of concentrated cannabis (BHO). Deputies also located and seized over $13,000 in cash.
This case is still under investigation and additional arrests are anticipated.
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