UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The service of two search warrants earlier this week resulted in two arrests and the seizure of marijuana, firearms and cash.
Ob Klyd Lowrie, 28, of Nice and 22-year-old Connor William Rieves of Upper Lake were arrested following the search warrant services, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
On Tuesday, narcotics detectives secured a search warrant for a residence located in the 1400 block of E. State Highway 20 in Upper Lake, serving the warrant at 2:20 p.m. that day, Brooks said.
Brooks said detectives located two greenhouses on the property, one of which was a large hoop-style green house. The large hoop-style green house contained 52 marijuana plants and the other contained 51 marijuana plants.
Lowrie told detectives that the marijuana plants belonged to him and Rieves. He admitted to growing about the same amount of marijuana last year where he yielded approximately 70 pounds of processed marijuana, Brooks said.
Brooks reported that Lowrie also told detectives that he sold the marijuana to a cannabis club in the Bay Area for $2,000 a pound. When asked how much money he made last year, Lowrie was unable to provide a straight answer.
Rieves told detectives that his brother worked at a marijuana store front, where he also sold the marijuana, Brooks said. He said he just sold a pound to the store front for $900. Rieves told detectives he made about $10,000.00 in cash from his marijuana sales last year and also obtained a vehicle.
After being questioned by the detectives, Rieves changed his story and said he made about $20,000 last year and was given a place to live, Brooks said.
Narcotics detectives eradicated 103 marijuana plants from the two greenhouses. Brooks said that during a search of the residence detectives located 38.3 pounds of processed marijuana in the living room which they seized.
Both Lowrie and Rieves were arrested for the possession of marijuana for sale, cultivating marijuana and conspiracy to commit a crime. Brooks said they were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.
Based on information they received while interviewing Lowrie and Rieves, detectives obtained a second search warrant for a residence located in the 2700 block of Lakeview Drive in Nice, the residence where Lowrie said he was living. Narcotics detectives served the warrant at the residence on the same day, Brooks said.
Detectives located two sheds on the property which contained marijuana plants. One of the sheds contained 522 marijuana plants and the other contained 23 marijuana plants. All of the plants were eradicated, Brooks said.
During a search of the residence, detectives located a gun safe which they were able to access. Inside the safe detectives located $30,697 which Brooks said was seized pending asset forfeiture proceedings.
In one of the bedrooms detectives located a .38-caliber handgun sitting next to two bags containing concentrated cannabis, which were seized as evidence, Brooks said. Inside a tool box on the bedroom floor, detectives located a scale and packaging materials. They also located four rifles in another bedroom, which were seized also seized.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.