Operation Ganjapreneur arrests 12 and seizes 15 tons of illegal THC products
On 9 December 2025, South Carolina's State Grand Jury, SLED and the DEA arrested 12 wholesale distributors and searched 15 sites in Richland and Lexington counties, seizing more than 30,000 pounds of illegal marijuana and THC products and about $2 million in assets.
🇺🇸 Richland and Lexington counties, Columbia area · South Carolina, United States
On 9 December 2025 law enforcement in South Carolina arrested 12 people indicted in Operation
Ganjapreneur, a State Grand Jury investigation into wholesalers of illegal THC products sold through
Midlands shops.[1][2]
Teams searched six warehouses, six homes, one retail business and two storage units in Richland and
Lexington counties, loading about eight box-truck loads weighing more than 30,000 pounds (15 tons),
including marijuana, pre-rolls, vapes, oils, dabs, syrups and edibles that authorities said tested
illegal despite packaging.[1][2]They also seized proceeds and assets worth about $2 million.[1][2]
Attorney General Alan Wilson said the targets were products marketed to children and teens; SLED and
the DEA Atlanta Division joined the State Grand Jury Division in the takedown.[1][2]All 12 defendants
faced narcotics charges on 40 counts in the two counties; bond hearings followed on 11 December
before Judge Heath P. Taylor.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The 30,000-pound total combines marijuana and other THC products in a case also involving synthetic chemicals; no separate cannabis-only weight is given.
Bond amounts were set on 11 December 2025; trials and pleas were not reported in these accounts.
Parallel raids by more than 30 other county agencies across South Carolina were mentioned but not broken down.
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.
