Two Lake County men were arrested in Willits recently for allegedly transporting more than 125 marijuana plants illegally, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported.
According to the MCSO, a deputy stopped a vehicle traveling south on Highway 101 around 11:30 p.m. May 6 in the Willits area for what were reportedly “numerous vehicle code violations.”
The two occupants reportedly consented to a search of the vehicle and the trailer they were pulling, and inside the trailer deputies reportedly found 128 live marijuana plants that were approximately two-feet tall.
The men with the plants, identified as Jesus A. Paredes, 24, of Clearlake, and Juna C. Marquez-Diego, 36, of Clearlake, were reportedly driving the plants from Covelo to Clearlake without the proper paperwork declaring that they were in possession of the plants legally.
Paredes and Marquez-Diego were both arrested on suspicion of transporting marijuana for sale and conspiracy to commit a crime, and each booked into Mendocino County Jail under $20,000 bail.
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