This week, investigators from a group of Jackson County agencies and the state of Oregon served a series of search warrants targeting two suspected black market marijuana grow operations — one near Gold Hill and another near Eagle Point.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said that the raids ultimately uncovered about 15,000 pounds of processed marijuana, more than 20,000 uncultivated plants, five guns, and almost $650,000 in cash.
Investigators from the Jackson County Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) conducted the first raid just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning at a property in the 10000-block of Old Stage Road near Gold Hill. Here, the Sheriff’s Office said, detectives found bags of cash totaling $643,524, five firearms, and forged identification. In a storage room, detectives found 10,000 pounds of processed marijuana that had been weighed, separated, and packaged for distribution.
