Humboldt County sheriff’s deputies and drug-task-force agents served three search warrants on 28 June 2017 at Visser Court in McKinleyville and at two parcels in the Mosquito Creek drainage in eastern Humboldt County.[1][2] At a home on Visser Court they arrested Brett Visser, 58, and Anne Clarke, 32, on suspicion of illegal cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and maintaining a structure for distribution.[1][2] Officers found 367 pounds of processed marijuana in vacuum-sealed one-pound bags, six firearms, 255 Xanax pills and $80,000 in cash at the residence.[1][2] A nearby parcel under Visser’s control held two unpermitted indoor grow rooms with 700 growing plants.[1][2] At the two Mosquito Creek parcels, owned by Visser, teams found 35 greenhouses and six indoor grows, eradicated 21,389 plants and seized another 391 pounds of processed marijuana.[1][2] Two men found at the Mosquito Creek site were detained, questioned and released.[1] State wildlife officers recorded stream-bed alterations, possible water pollution from stored diesel and signs of poaching, while county investigators cited hazardous-material, timber-harvest and grading violations.[1] All criminal violations were forwarded to the district attorney for review.[1]
21,389 marijuana plants eradicated in Humboldt raids; two arrested
Humboldt County deputies and drug-task-force agents served three search warrants around McKinleyville and Mosquito Creek on 28 June 2017, eradicating 21,389 marijuana plants. Brett Visser, 58, and Anne Clarke, 32, were arrested at a Visser Court home where officers also seized 758 pounds of processed marijuana, $80,000 and six firearms.
🇺🇸 Visser Court, McKinleyville and Mosquito Creek drainage, Humboldt County · California, United States
- Arrested
- 2
- Plants destroyed
- 21,389
- Cannabis
- 344 kg
- Cash confiscated
- USD 80,000
- Agencies
- Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, Humboldt County Drug Task Force
- Cannabis
- Living plants, Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 2
- Plants destroyed
- 21,389
- Cannabis
- 344 kg
- Cash confiscated
- USD 80,000
- Agencies
- Humboldt County Sheriff's Office; Humboldt County Drug Task Force
- Agency type
- Police, Anti-narcotics agency
- Cannabis
- Living plants (21,389 plants); Herbal cannabis (344 kg)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Home, Farm
- Grown
- Greenhouse, Indoor
- Charges
- illegal cultivation of marijuana; possession of marijuana for sale
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Region
- Humboldt County
Sources
- Lost Coast Outpostlostcoastoutpost.comArchived copy(UPDATE) 21,389 Marijuana Plants Eradicated, 758 lbs., $80k, Firearms Seized, Two Arrested After DTF Raids in McKinleyville and Eastern Humboldt
- Mad River Unionmadriverunion.comArchived copy21,389 plants seized in mega-McK/Mosquito Creek bust
Open questions the AI reported
- No charging decision or court outcome for Visser and Clarke was reported in the opened sources.
- Whether the suspended commercial cannabis permit application for the Mosquito Creek parcels was ever resolved was not reported.
- The outcome of the parallel environmental, hazardous-material and timber-harvest violation cases was not reported.


