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MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two marijuana cultivation investigations led to aggregate radical connected to burglaries successful Mariposa County being arrested, the sheriff's bureau said.
Deputies said for the past respective months, residents successful the Greeley Hill country person experienced residential burglaries.
While the burglary investigations were ongoing, the sheriff's bureau Marijuana Enforcement Team executed a marijuana cultivation hunt warrant successful Greeley Hill connected July 22.
They eradicated 3,870 plants and 1 apprehension and a follow-up warrant successful Ceres, California, connected July 27. This apprehension led to to seizure of processed marijuana, $15,680 successful cash, six firearms, and different arrest.
With the probe into these marijuana cultivation sites and sales, deputies were capable to make caller leads connected to the ongoing burglaries.
The leads established probable origin for aggregate hunt warrants targeting properties successful the Greeley Hill area.
On Sept. 29, hunt warrants were executed, and the cognition led to the betterment of galore items suspected to beryllium stolen from some Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, 43 firearms (some stolen), implicit 1,000 rounds of ammunition, fractional an ounce of methamphetamine, and cause paraphernalia accordant with sales, resulting successful 3 felony arrests.
The investigations stay ongoing.
