On 18 February 2004 at about 10 p.m., INCA and county narcotics officers with California Highway Patrol officers served a search warrant on a home in the 28000 block of Reservoir Avenue in Nuevo, acting on a tip about narcotics activity at the location.[1] In a barn on the property they found 58 sacks holding about 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kg) of marijuana with a street value of more than $12 million.[1] Residents Tony Kott, 53, and Kristy Kott, 42, were arrested for possession of marijuana for sale and booked into Riverside County Jail.[1] Investigators were still working to identify the source of the marijuana and other suspects.[1] A contemporaneous news account described the seizure as the task force’s second large marijuana bust in three months.[2]