Saturday, April 19, 2008

Willits pot bust nets 856 plants

Ukiah Daily Journal Staff
The Daily Journal

Two Willits men were arrested on marijuana charges after a search of their Chinquapin Drive home found more than 15 pounds of processed marijuana and more than 800 growing plants.

According to reports from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, deputies from the County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team served a search warrant at 10:48 a.m. Wednesday on the home of Tony and Richard Lieng at 35550 Chinquapin Drive with the help of sheriff's deputies and officers from the Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force.

Officers searched the property and found 856 marijuana plants and what they described as two "sophisticated" marijuana grows.

They also found 15.5 pounds of marijuana, according to sheriff's reports.

Tony Lieng, 34, and Richard Lieng, 25, both of Willits, were arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale and cultivation of marijuana and booked into the Mendocino County Jail on a $25,000 bond.

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