Two box-truck stops net 1,429 pounds and 2,184 plants in Siskiyou
Siskiyou County deputies stopped two box trucks in November 2025, arresting Thibault Charvy with over 1,429 pounds of marijuana products and Qinghai Tan with 2,184 juvenile plants. Charvy was booked into county jail and Tan was arrested and cited for transportation of marijuana for sale.
🇺🇸 Siskiyou County, California · California, United States
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office conducted multiple traffic stops that
resulted in the seizure of illegal marijuana products.[1]On Nov. 23, 2025, a
sheriff’s deputy stopped a Penske rental box truck for a lighting violation near
Grenada.[1][2]A probable cause search of the Penske truck found 62 trash bags of
illegal marijuana products weighing over 1,429 pounds.[1][2]The sheriff’s office
identified the Penske driver as 43-year-old Thibault Charvy of Willits, who said
the marijuana product had come from the Shasta Vista area.[1]Charvy was
arrested for transportation and possession of marijuana for sale and booked in
the Siskiyou County Jail.[1][2]
A few days earlier, another deputy pulled over a Home Depot box truck for
expired registration near the Mount Shasta area.[1][2]Deputies identified that
driver as 46-year-old Qinghai Tan of San Lorenzo, who said he was driving to
Seattle and transporting illegal items.[1]When Tan opened the rear door, the
deputy found 28 boxes of illegal juvenile marijuana plants totaling 2,184
plants.[1][2]Tan had no transportation permits or required paperwork to
transport marijuana.[1]Tan was arrested and cited for the transportation of
marijuana for sale.[1][2]
Photos and video
A truck cargo area filled with large black garbage bags, shown as a sheriff's office handout photo. Photo: Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office via KRCR.Photo details
The exact date of the second stop is not given beyond a few days before Nov. 23, 2025, so Nov. 23 stands in for the combined event.
The 1,429-pound figure is reported as over 1,429 pounds, so the kilogram figure is a minimum conversion.
No court outcome, formal charges or value estimate were reported.
Only one opened source was found; the sheriff's own statement was not opened separately.
The page carries a second screenshot image with no caption tying it to the seizures, so it is omitted.
The same article also mentions separate summer seizures of more than 2,500 pounds in May, 1,030 pounds in June and 3,969 pounds at Dunsmuir in July, which are different events left out here.
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