2 males arrested after $1.5 million of marijuana present in Pinon Hills throughout wildfire patrol

Two males have been arrested after deputies discovered they have been in possession of greater than $1.5 million of marijuana whereas the deputies patrolled an evacuated space of Pinon Hills on Friday, Sept. 13, amid the Bridge hearth, authorities mentioned Sunday.

The males, from Pinon Hills and Bullhead City, Ariz., have been arrested on expenses of conspiracy, cultivation of marijuana and transportation and gross sales of marijuana.

Deputies conducting safety patrols round 9:21 p.m. within the 1500 block of Hollister Road — a bit of Pinon Hills evacuated because of the Bridge hearth — performed a visitors cease on a Chevrolet Suburban towing a trailer with flat tires and no tail lights, in accordance with a information launch from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

During the visitors cease, deputies requested a couple of “robust odor of hashish” and located about 500 processed marijuana vegetation within the trailer of the automobile,  the sheriff’s division mentioned.

One of the suspects drove a second automobile behind the SUV to behave as a lookout, the sheriff’s division mentioned.

Investigators discovered of one other potential marijuana develop at a house within the 1700 block of Trinity Road and executed a search warrant.

During the search, investigators mentioned they discovered 700 marijuana vegetation and 1,300 kilos of processed marijuana. In all, officers estimate they discovered about $1.5 million of marijuana.

Investigators ask anybody with data to contact detectives at 760-552-6800 or the nameless We Tip hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME or wetip.com