204 marijuana plants eradicated in Taft; 1 arrested
Kern County deputies executed a search warrant on October 22, 2026, in Taft and eradicated 204 marijuana plants. A 43-year-old man from Mexico, Ricardo Orduna, was arrested on cultivation and sales allegations and booked into the Lerdo Justice Facility.
🇺🇸 200 block of Naylor Avenue, Taft, Kern County, California · California, United States
Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 43-year-old Ricardo Orduna, a man
from Mexico, during a marijuana search in Taft, California.[1]The Sheriff’s
Office said Orduna was arrested for cultivation of marijuana, possession of
marijuana for sale, and maintaining a place for sales.[1]After the arrest, he
was booked into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Lerdo Justice Facility.[1]
Deputies assigned to the Sheriff’s Office Taft Substation executed a search
warrant on October 22, 2026, in the 200 block of Naylor Avenue in Taft.[1]During that search, deputies found a total of 204 marijuana plants and
eradicated them.[2][3]
The Sheriff’s Office reported the Taft search-warrant operation as resulting in
both the eradication of 204 marijuana plants and the arrest of one person.[2][3]The Taft Substation deputies carried out the October 22 warrant entry that
produced the seizure and arrest.[1]The 204-plant total was the Sheriff’s
Office figure for marijuana plants eradicated during the Naylor block search.[1]
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Source: KGET 17 NewsAdditional photo of the Naylor Avenue weed bust in Taft, as published with the reportPhoto details
The KGET account says the warrant was in the 200 block of Naylor Street while BakersfieldNow and the KGET image filenames say Naylor Avenue; the report uses Avenue.
No weight, value, growing area, or property description was published for the 204 plants.
No court outcome beyond suspicion, arrest and booking into the Lerdo Justice Facility was reported.
The KGET page carries two bust photos without captions, so their exact depiction rests on filenames and page placement.
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