Rail Road Flat & Mountain Ranch, CA…On September 28th and 30th, 2020, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Unit served two unrelated search warrants for illegal marijuana cultivation in the 400 block of Blossom Lane in Railroad Flat and in the 7000 block of Old Miners Way in Mountain Ranch. This was the 5th time the site on Blossom Lane has been eradicated in the last three years. A combined total of 460 marijuana plants and 78 pounds of processed marijuana was seized. The combined estimated value of the seized marijuana exceeds $375,000.

William Chamberlain, age 40 of Corning, California, was placed under arrest at the location on Old Miner’s Way on charges of 11358 H&S Illegal Marijuana Cultivation, 11359 H&S Possession of Marijuana for Sale, And 11366.5 H&S Maintaining a Premises for Sales of a Controlled Substance.

The Calaveras Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone with knowledge of illegal marijuana operations to call the Sheriff’s Office Anonymous Marijuana Tip Line at (209) 754-6870.