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Deputies detain 65 workers in Fort Bragg pot raid
    #4894589 - 11/04/05 04:11 PM (18 years, 4 months ago)

Deputies detain 65 workers in Fort Bragg pot raid
November 4, 2005 - pressdemocrat.com

In a testament to marijuana's growing economic status, Mendocino County law enforcement Thursday detained 65 people hired to trim and package marijuana in Fort Bragg for a Bay Area medical cannabis club.

"I've never seen anything like this," said Mendocino County Sheriff's Capt. Kevin Broin.

The pot trimmers were identified, photographed, then released, he said. Most won't be charged with a crime.

While the people processing marijuana in the Mitchell Creek Road barn claimed they were working for a medical cannabis club, Broin said the operation was clearly commercial, which makes it illegal.

Law enforcement seized 1,707 plants and 1,000 pounds of processed, trimmed marijuana from the barn, he said.

The seizure brings the total number of plants confiscated in Mendocino County this year to 144,021.

Finding 65 people trimming and packaging pot under one roof surprised even Rusty Noe, the veteran leader of the County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team.

"That's extraordinary," he said.

The largest number of people detained during pot busts normally is four or five, he said.

Noe blamed the large operation on people trying to take advantage of laws that allow marijuana to be grown for medical purposes in California.

"It seems to be the trend where people think they can do this legally, so they keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger," Noe said.

Noe would not release the names of the hired hands or of four people believed to be involved with running the operation.

The hired trimmers, all Latino and likely from Mexico, won't be charged because "they were just doing their work," he said.

Noe said he does not know how much they were getting paid, but the going rate for manicuring marijuana in Mendocino County is $25 an hour, said Dane Wilkins, who heads the Mendocino County chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

The four U.S. citizens running the operation are expected to be charged at a later time, Noe said. A fifth unidentified person also is a suspect, he said.

Wilkins said he's not surprised there were so many people working at the Fort Bragg site.

"With the rain coming on, there's probably a rush to finish the outside work," he said.

Latino farmworkers, likely fresh from harvesting grapes, were probably hired because there was too much work for local people to handle, Wilkins said.

"It seems to be a long season, and a very good season," he said.

While he's yet to compare this year's pot crop with others, Noe agreed it's a banner year for marijuana growing, both statewide and locally.

"The season seems to be like the Energizer Bunny. It just keeps going and going," Noe said.

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