Three arrested as Kern account tallies 3,944 cannabis plants
Kern County deputies and wildlife wardens executed search warrants in Maricopa and Taft on 4 September 2026, and three men were arrested. The reported 3,944 plants and 693.5 pounds (314.57 kg) combine 959 plants and 52 pounds at Maricopa with cumulative figures from a longer Taft investigation.
🇺🇸 500 block of Klipstein Street, Maricopa, and 400 block of E Street, Taft, Kern County, California · California, United States
Three men were arrested after deputies served two search warrants in Maricopa
and Taft.[1]On 4 September 2026, deputies from the Taft Substation, the Kern
County Sheriff’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and
California Department of Fish and Wildlife wardens executed warrants at the 500
block of Klipstein Street in Maricopa and the 400 block of E Street in Taft.[2]At the Taft address, officials found two guns and arrested 58-year-old
Alberto Guitron for firearm possession by a prohibited person and maintaining a
residence for sales.[1]Ramirez, Garcia and Guitron were booked into the Kern
County Sheriff’s Office Lerdo Justice Facility.[1]
At the Maricopa address, deputies found 959 marijuana plants, 52 pounds of
processed marijuana and a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun.[3]The Taft
address was part of a lengthy marijuana cultivation investigation involving
several search warrants.[1]For that Taft investigation, the sheriff’s office
reported 2,112 indoor plants, 873 outdoor plants, 641.5 pounds of processed
marijuana and two loaded firearms seized.[2]Officials described the
two-warrant result as involving more than 3,900 marijuana plants, processed
marijuana and guns.[1]
Photos and video
Marijuana grow at one of the sites raided Friday, captioned on the page as a Taft site. Photo: Kern County Sheriff.Photo details
The Taft plant and processed-marijuana figures are cumulative results of a longer investigation, not quantities attributed only to the 4 September search at the E Street address.
No plant count or cannabis weight is reported specifically for the 4 September Taft search.
No charging decision or court outcome for the three men was reported.
No cultivation area or cannabis valuation was published; the accounts relay the sheriff’s information rather than a separately opened agency statement or court record.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Taft Midway Driller: Jose Hernandez Ramirez and Victor de la Cruz Garcia, both 27, were arrested in connection with the Maricopa address on allegations including firearm possession, maintaining a place for sales, possessing marijuana for sale and cultivation.
CHP's warrant service team searched a home in the 400 block of Bear Canyon Road northwest of Garberville on 9 November 2026 as part of a multi-agency narcotics investigation involving the DEA, HSI and FBI. The CHP said it did not lead the probe and would not confirm the target, the material officers shovelled, or any arrests.
North Port police arrested Nicholas Eddy, 29, and Jessica Trach, 28, after their Special Investigations Unit searched a home on Narcissus Terrace and found marijuana packaged for sale along with cocaine, suspected LSD, steroids and pills. Both were accused of drug possession for sale, running a drug house and possessing drug paraphernalia.
Lexington town police and state and federal partners searched five vape and hemp shops on 5 November 2026 in an undercover investigation into sales of illicit narcotics and drug paraphernalia. A shop owner says officers emptied cases, seized her phone and more than $3,300 in cash, and she plans to sue; no arrests were reported.
Four agencies served simultaneous search warrants at two Quincy addresses on 5 November 2026 in a drug-trafficking investigation, and police announced probable cause to arrest two men, one of them on a cannabis sale allegation. No drug quantities were disclosed and police did not confirm either man was in custody.
