BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced the end of the “Operation Klean Strip,” a multi-agency investigation that led to the dismantling of two large methamphetamine conversion laboratories in Bakersfield and Visalia.
The operation began in November 2025 and wrapped up with nine arrests and execution of 16 search warrants, the U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of California said in a press release.
Through warrants, agents seized 4,000 marijuana plants, $20,000 drug proceeds and 20 firearms, federal prosecutors said…