Operation Hammer Strike, Weeks 45 and 46; Over 870 Illegal Grows Dismantled by Investigators
DATE/TIME: July 4, 2022, through July 17, 2022
INCIDENT: Outdoor Marijuana Cultivations-Operation Hammer Strike, Weeks 45 and 46
LOCATION: #1 - Parcel with no address, El Mirage
#2 - 25200 Block of Saddle Avenue, Helendale
#3 - Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#4 - Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#5 - Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#6 - Parcel with no address, Victorville
#7 - 9400 Block of Banta Road, Lucerne Valley
#8 - 25900 Block of Desert View Avenue, Apple Valley
#9 - 16100 Block of Yucca Street, Hesperia
#10 - 12400 Block of Verona Street, Victorville
#11 - 17800 Block of Juniper Street, Adelanto
#12 - Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#13 - Parcel with no address, Phelan
#14 - Parcel with no address, Phelan
#15 - Parcel with no address, Phelan
#16 - Parcel with no address, Phelan
#17 - 19000 Block of Valle Vista Road, El Mirage
#18 - Parcel with no address, El Mirage
#19 - 9700 Block of Wild Rose Road, Phelan
#20 - Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#21 - Parcel with no address, Helendale
#22 - Parcel with no address, Helendale
#23 - Parcel with no address, El Mirage
#24 - 18900 Block of Tawny Road, Adelanto
#25 - 14300 Block of Lynn Road, Apple Valley
#26 - 9400 Block of El Mirage Road, Adelanto
#27 - 9100 Block of Woodcliff Road, Oak Hills
SUSPECT(S): Carmelo Matias, 43 year old male resident of Mexico. Location #2
Maxino Jaimes, 31 year old male resident of Mexico. Location #2
Osvaldo Alfaro, 19 year old male resident of Mexico. Location #7
Juan Bucio, 20 year old male resident of Mexico. Location #7
Juan Gonzalez, 28 year old male resident of Mexico. Location #7
Arutyan Sarkisyan, 51 year old male resident of Victorville, CA. Location #9
Daravanh Phondphouvanh, 52 year old female resident of Modesto, CA. Location #10
Soutchay Chanthaphuang, 50 year old female resident of Milwaukee, WI. Location #10
Lieng Boun, 61 year old male resident of Las Vegas, NV. Location #10
Ketmanivanh Sivilaythong, 55 year old female resident of Modesto, CA. Location #10
Phet Souksavath, 58 year old female resident of Victorville, CA. Location #10
Pedro Reyes, 32 year old male resident of Mexico. Location #11
Shi Ping Li, 48 year old female resident of El Monte, CA. Location #12
Shi Yong Zong, 48 year old male resident of El Monte, CA. Location #12
Yu Song Zhong, 60 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #12
Chun Lan Wu, 54 year old male resident of Fontana, CA. Location #12
Miguel Ortiz, 32 year old male resident of San Jose, CA. Location #14
Hu Zhou, 36 year old male resident of Bronx, NY. Location #17
Wu Yueqiang, 38 year old male resident of San Francisco, CA. Location #17
Hongquiang Zhou, 61 year old male resident of Monterey Park, CA. Location #17
Wu Guoxian, 53 year old male resident of New York, NY. Location #17
Victor Vingsamphang, 36 year old male resident of Fort Worth, TX. Location #19
Di Jon Rayford, 28 year old male resident of Victorville, CA. Location #20
Jimmie Tom, 73 year old male resident of San Jose, CA. Location #20
Eric Brown, 50 year old male resident of Hesperia, CA. Location #20
Tia Bin Xu, 54 year old male resident of Baldwin Park, CA. Location #20
Zheng Yang, 37 year old female resident of Eastvale, CA. Location #21
Jianhai Zheng, 23 year old male resident of Brooklyn, NY. Location #21
Shi Sheng Dong, 33 year old male resident of Chino Hills, CA. Location #21
Ting Xiang Zhou, 30 year old male resident of Staten Island, NY. Location #21
Dongmou Yang, 28 year old male resident of Garden Grove, CA. Location #21
Lu Chen Qiyi, 50 year old male resident of China. Location #21
Fawu Wu, 42 year old male resident of China. Location #21
Xu Wang, 41 year old male resident of Cincinnati, OH. Location #21
Zhang Zhiyong, 46 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #21
Huane Lin, 68 year old male resident of China. Location #21
Tianbin Xu, 56 year old male resident of China. Location #22
Wuqin Lin, 55 year old male resident of China. Location #22
Charles Smith, 63 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Valerie Chopp, 53 year old female resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Heqiang Zheng, 58 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #23
Yikai Wang, 49 year old male resident of Ukiah, CA. Location #23
Zhen Lu, 41 year old male resident of Monterey Park, CA. Location #23
Yan Hu, 46 year old female resident of Oakland, CA. Location #23
Jun Yue, 48 year old female resident of Thousand Oaks, CA. Location #23
Yufeng Wang, 38 year old male resident of Monterey Park, CA. Location #23
Guo Xiang, 57 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #23
Lun Tang, 52 year old male resident of Oakland, CA. Location #23
Yu Wang, 38 year old male resident of Monterey Park, CA. Location #23
Tong Niu, 34 year old male resident of Milpitas, CA. Location #23
Li Gao, 52 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Jin Zhao, 51 year old female resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Albert Castellucci, 64 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Daniel Wong, 36 year old male resident of Inglewood, CO. Location #23
Yan Li, 26 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Xian Jiang, 38 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Randy Pan, 36 year old male resident of New York, NY. Location #23
Fang Fang Xiz, 33 year old female resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Hong Wei, 52 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Rex Xie, 35 year old male resident of Chino Hills, CA. Location #23
Yiang Tan, 21 year old male resident of El Mirage, CA. Location #23
Ye Zhou, 39 year old male resident of Denver, CO. Location #23
Ye Lin, 65 year old male resident of Montclair, CA. Location #23
Sergio Godinez, 34 year old male resident of Adelanto, CA. Location #24
Jose Godinez, 31 year old male resident of Adelanto, CA. Location #24
Sandra Rosado, 39 year old female resident of Adelanto, CA. Location #24
Cristobal Ortega-Alvarado, 25 year old male resident of Adelanto, CA. Location #24
Gerardo Guzman, 54 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #24
Jason Wilson, 55 year old male resident of Apple Valley, CA. Location #25
Edgar Delamora, 19 year old male resident of Perris, CA. Location #26
Yung Chung, 71 year old female resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #26
Xiyan Lei, 38 year old male resident of Phelan, CA. Location #27
SUMMARY: Between July 4, 2022, and July 17, 2022, investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department - Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), along with San Bernardino Sheriff's deputies from several different Patrol Stations, served 27 search warrants at various locations in El Mirage, Helendale, Adelanto, Victorville, Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Phelan, and Oak Hills. MET personnel had received numerous complaints about large outdoor and indoor marijuana cultivations in these areas. Over the past two weeks, San Bernardino County Sheriff's personnel located and arrested 70 suspects. Investigators seized 116,162 marijuana plants, 9,669 pounds of processed marijuana, 17 guns, 1,085 grams of concentrated marijuana, and over $55,000.00 in cash. Investigators eradicated a total of 870 greenhouses found at these locations, as well as eight indoor locations. Investigators mitigated one THC extraction lab and recovered one stolen vehicle.
The investigations revealed the cannabis cultivations were not in compliance with California's Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) and San Bernardino County's ordinance prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Activity. San Bernardino County has a law prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Activity, which includes growing marijuana plants outdoors.
The Sheriff's Gangs/Narcotics Division will continue to enforce California's cannabis laws and San Bernardino County's cannabis cultivation and distribution ordinance. Persons found guilty of violating the state law and county ordinance are subject to fines, prosecution, and seizure of property.
Property owners who are growing marijuana or are aware their tenants are growing marijuana on their properties in violation of state law and local ordinances may also be subject to civil or criminal sanctions. Property owners are encouraged to contact their local law enforcement or code compliance agency to confirm if cultivating cannabis is prohibited or allowed under specific regulations.
The suspects were cited or booked on charges of Cultivation of Cannabis, over six plants, Possession for Sales of Marijuana, Possession of Stolen Property, Illegal Water Discharge, Manufacturing a Controlled Substance, and Conspiracy.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Sheriff's Gangs/Narcotics Division at (909)387-8400 or [email protected]. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call the We-tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or you may leave the information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Sheriff's Public Affairs
Station: Gangs/Narcotics Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3700
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SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Address/Location
SBSD - Headquarters
655 E 3rd St
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Contact
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