http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/664509.html
thats quite the operation they had going. the corn thing was pretty smart. looks like a tough summer for my area.Investigators have seized about 30,000 marijuana plants and arrested eight people in connection with what is believed to be the largest single grow ever discovered in Fresno County, a Sheriff's Department spokesman said.
The plants, found in a cornfield east of Fresno, had a street value of about $120 million, said Chris Curtice, a spokesman for the Fresno County Sheriff's Department.
The investigation started about a week ago when the department received information about a large-scale marijuana growing operation in a field in the 700 block of south Indianola Avenue, Curtice said.
On Wednesday, Curtice said, detectives assigned to the Fresno County Marijuana Suppression Team, assisted by sheriff's Metro and Southwest Narcotics Enforcement Teams, confirmed the marijuana grow in a cornfield behind a home and executed a search warrant.
Four adults and two 17-year-old boys were arrested on narcotics charges.
The adults were identified as Ulices Mendoza Guizar, 32, Poncho Garcia Lopez, 26, Mario Mendoza, 20, and Ramon Mendoza, 32.
Curtice said another person ran from the home and got away.
Deputies were still at the home when Selma police officers made a vehicle stop nearby and two people in the car were arrested in connection with the investigation, Curtice said. Those suspects were identified as Emilio Bravo Garcia, 28, and Ignacio Morales Garcia, 45.
Curtice said all of the suspects apparently had been living at the home on Indianola Avenue, which reportedly was being leased along with the cornfield.
There were drying stations for marijuana plants in the corn field, he said. The field was equipped with an extensive drip irrigation system.
Deputies also found about 20 pounds of processed marijuana ready to be sold on the streets, Curtice said.