KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The service of a search warrant by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force Wednesday afternoon has resulted in one arrest, the seizure of marijuana and a firearm.
Vicente Lemus Vargas, 25, of Kelseyville, was arrested for possession of marijuana for sales, cultivating marijuana, being armed while committing a drug offense and driving a motor vehicle without a license, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
On Wednesday narcotics detectives secured a search warrant for a land parcel located in the 5000 block of Konocti Road in Kelseyville, Brooks said. At 3 p.m. that same day, detectives served the warrant at the property.
Narcotics detectives entered the property and conducted a search. They described the property as a vacant land parcel with a small outbuilding, an open carport and a small chicken coop, Brooks said.
Detectives located a small campsite consisting of two beds. Next to the beds they located and seized a loaded 12 gauge shotgun and approximately four pounds of processed marijuana packaged into one pound bags, according to Brooks.
He said detectives also located and seized 55 marijuana plants growing on the property. They searched the area and were unable to locate any suspects.
After detectives secured the property they noticed a vehicle, which was known to be affiliated with the property, drive past the address on the wrong side of the road, Brooks said.
Narcotics detectives conducted an enforcement stop on the vehicle and contacted the driver, identified as Vargas. Brooks said Vargas admitted he was the person responsible for cultivating marijuana on the vacant land parcel.
Vargas was arrested and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be contacted through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.