BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — They said an advertisement promised work growing vegetables. The job instead involved maintaining a massive underground marijuana grow.
Recently released sheriff’s reports provide new details about a drug operation in Boron in which buried shipping containers were used to grow and dry thousands of marijuana plants. The facility had electricity and water, plenty of lights and a cooling system.
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Three men found at the site and identified as Chinese nationals said food, water and fuel arrived every three to five days.
One said he’d been living there only a few days. Another said a trailer on the property had been his home for almost a year.
Qingxue Zhang, 57, Siyun Cao, 32, and Xiyyu Zou, 53, face conspiracy and drug-related offenses. Charges were filed last week and a hearing is scheduled in March.
On Aug. 6, authorities raided a location northwest of Sequoia Boulevard and Occidental Street, locating and destroying 17,650 marijuana plants and seizing 1,069 pounds of processed marijuana, officials said.