Sheriff’s Office Seizes 586 Pounds of Concentrated Cannabis, 4,500+ Pounds of Shake/Trim

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies were in the Orick area serving a search warrant that was unrelated to controlled substances or cannabis. During the service of the warrant, deputies discovered a large concentrated cannabis manufacturing facility contained within a barn.

The property did not have a conditional use permit for manufacturing concentrated cannabis utilizing volatile chemical extraction methods.

Deputies from the HCSO Drug Enforcement Unit obtained a search warrant to investigate the manufacturing facility. The Drug Enforcement Unit was assisted in this investigation by the following agencies: Humboldt County Drug Task Force, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt Bay Arcata Fire HAZMAT, Humboldt County Environmental Health HAZMAT and Humboldt County Code Enforcement.

After rendering the facility and the manufacturing equipment safe, deputies located nine concentrated cannabis extractors that were utilizing butane and propane, as well as two extractors that were utilizing carbon dioxide in the extraction process. Deputies also located a facility that was utilizing ethanol to refine the concentrated cannabis.

Deputies seized 586 pounds of concentrated cannabis and 4,726 pounds of cannabis shake/trim from the site.

Manufacturing concentrated cannabis utilizing volatile chemical extraction methods without a county and state commercial cannabis permit is a felony under Health & Safety Code 11379.6(a).

This case is still under investigation. All criminal violations stemming from this investigation will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s office for review. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office maintains a cooperative relationship with all agencies that participated in this investigation and all future investigations into non-compliant commercial cannabis operations will continue to be investigated in this manner.

Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.

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Diesel Dually
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Diesel Dually
6 years ago

Wow! Nice lab! Is that an old Mass Spec?

You are obviously highly trained organic chemists, so why don’t you get a job or make something really valuable, like LSD or 25I-NBOMe?

Or heroin? Or Preludin?

Weed just gets you high, psychedelics will get you rich! You could sell TONS of Preludin…

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  Diesel Dually

Yeah, but unfortunately they’ll also get you a very long stay at the penitentiary.

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago

More often that than rich for a fact!!!

Juxtaposition
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Juxtaposition
6 years ago

No doubt no thanks

Sam Williams
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Sam Williams
6 years ago
Reply to  Diesel Dually

N-bomb? I hope you’re joking, that’s some poison.

Divide by Zero
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Divide by Zero
6 years ago
Reply to  Diesel Dually

Really, and you call that a “nice lab”????? I’d say nice equipment thrown together haphazardly.

V man
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V man
6 years ago
Reply to  Divide by Zero

Heisenberg would not be impressed

Brodie
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Brodie
6 years ago
Reply to  Diesel Dually

Bet you could make a bad ass cup of coffee with that set up. I am amazed at the effort people make to make something to alter their brains, really sad.

Wakesmellthecoffee
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Wakesmellthecoffee
6 years ago
Reply to  Brodie

What does coffee do to the brain. More people are addicted to coffee than pot

Mustbesmartypants
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5 years ago

Yeah, this county has been turned into a shithole because of black market coffee grows.

how two right ewe our
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how two right ewe our
6 years ago

The wise old Owl once said that ” Being brain smart makes you common sense dumb”.

Hobo-joe
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Hobo-joe
6 years ago

Classic!

Ice
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Ice
6 years ago

It was for personal use. They have a big habit, that’s all…

dennis
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dennis
6 years ago

This is Breaking Bad come to life. Some serious chemistry going on there…

Scooter
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Scooter
6 years ago
Reply to  dennis

Heisenberg lives!

Adam Harrold
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Adam Harrold
6 years ago

I wonder what the original warrant was.

still@it
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still@it
6 years ago

I agree,,,,,nice fuckin lab ,,,,cat had it together and was a far better set up than most out there and yes. What was the original warrant?

Uncle Sam, that's who I am
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Uncle Sam, that's who I am
6 years ago

Nice lab? You’re joking right. Expensive equipment and no tidiness doesn’t make a nice lab

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago

it appears they a missing an ash tray. that’s about it.

MJ
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MJ
6 years ago

where did they find all that high end equipment,not in your local hardware store that’s for sure. and the time and energy to set that all up must of been extensive. ouch!

Mendocino Mamma
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Mendocino Mamma
6 years ago
Reply to  MJ

The shall be nameless store up in the business park above Redway! They have everything one could need for the extraction and processing of all things green!

V man
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V man
6 years ago

So does BHOgart in Eureka.

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  MJ

Amazon.com

Troy
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Troy
6 years ago

Your going down for this Ray Christie. Love it

Adam Harrold
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Adam Harrold
6 years ago
Reply to  Troy

Is this his property?

Guest#2
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Guest#2
6 years ago

Bust the one at redcrest industrial park next

Garbornriginal
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Garbornriginal
6 years ago

Wow! Was this Ray Christie’s gig?

Cameron
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Cameron
6 years ago

I wonder what the county will do with that brand new $40k bhogart system let alone all those rotovaps

Wait til it all pops up for sale at trim scene lmao

Will Smith
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Will Smith
6 years ago
Reply to  Cameron

Or on Craigslist! LOL

TK
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TK
6 years ago

Pile of ‘roaches ‘ with tools, not very smart.

Holy Cow
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Holy Cow
6 years ago

And now we see why it didn’t matter how many animals died because they were just a cover up. WoW I’m sure Ray knew nothing about about this on his own farm that he leased????

THC
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THC
6 years ago

Highly trained chemist Lol, you grind weed up, run a solvent through it, evaporate the solventand collect the residue. There’s nothing skilled about it, it’s very simple even teenagers can do it. You can reuse The solvent by rerouting it into another chilled container, as the solvent evaporates the pressure builds up forcing it to the cooler container where it turns back into a liquid again. You can aid that process by creating a vacuum inside the chamber. There are plenty of YouTube tutorials showing you how to do this with no more than a couple hundred dollars worth of equipment a vacuum pump and some dry ice.

Seamus
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Seamus
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Yep, no reactions, no complex synthesis, barely even qualifies as chemistry. Still not a bad little operation.

Mendo Gramma
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Mendo Gramma
6 years ago

Can anyone confirm this was property associated with the cow killer?

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  Mendo Gramma

I can’t confirm that but if this does involve him I’m sure all of his supporters will be ready to hang him now. The mans a saint for abusing animals and polluting the community with their rotting corpses but oh no he better not be involved with anything cannabis.

Jmarie
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Jmarie
6 years ago

What was the original WARRENT FOR?. They FOUND The lab while searching for said ; WARRENT . WARRENT FOR WHAT???

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  Jmarie

Hey man I don’t know why you’re screaming and then speaking at normal volume and then screaming asking me, do I look like the damn warrant information provider guy or something?

MackTheKnife
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MackTheKnife
6 years ago
Reply to  Jmarie

WarrAnt….

Garbornriginal
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Garbornriginal
6 years ago

Ray Christie and Arcata made the evening and also the morning news. Fox bay area.

Rule #1
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Rule #1
6 years ago

Smoking anything around all that solvent, in what looks to be a closed non vented room = death wish.

Just maybe
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Just maybe
6 years ago

How about a new movement to smoke simple organic buds out of clean glass pipes? Revolutionary! Zero equipment necesary. Grow in the sun, harvest & hang in a tree in the shade to dry…That and a bottle of good spring water for dry mouth, and a few munchies oughtta do it. We are old and this is tried and true, as much today as it was in the past. It must’ve been a good method cuz HumCo’s reputation for world class buds was made this way…

Emily
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Emily
6 years ago
Reply to  Just maybe

Ok everything is ok but don’t hang in the shade of a tree to dry. It will dry too fast and be really harsh.

Mogtx
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6 years ago

No arrests.?who’s lab was it .

Payback Please
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Payback Please
6 years ago

The lab was a rental space on Christie property. Clue: checkout Northern Emeralds permits.

Perspective
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Perspective
6 years ago
Reply to  Payback Please

Explain. There is no way this is a permitted facility.

Collapsing Green Rush
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Collapsing Green Rush
6 years ago
Reply to  Payback Please

Checkout the HPRC menu. Look at NE concentrates. They literally just started selling them in the last month.

Rooster
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Rooster
6 years ago
Reply to  Payback Please

NE’s permitted project on Ray’s property is in Dows Prarie above Crannell. The bust was in Orick.

Christie doesn’t own anything in Orick. He might lease pasture up there but this wasn’t his property.

But go ahead and connect the wrong dots. Try another Emerald. There are only about 100 companies with Emerald in their name up here. Odds are it is one of them.

Norcalwarmth
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Norcalwarmth
6 years ago

Yes teenagers do this in their parents homes. Then sell dirty dabs to other teenagers. You can tell the dabby doo’s after a short verbal exchange. Parents be vigilant this stuff is nasty and expensive. It harms animals that get into it, or are exposed to the smoke. It looks a lot like meth in the use cycle. People get erratic and often violent. My personal experience with those who produce and use has been awful!

bytheredwoods
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bytheredwoods
5 years ago

I wonder whatever happened with this investigation. I can’t find a follow-up anywhere. Curious.