November 9, 2024 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on November 6, 2024, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Kern County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (KC-HIDTA) concluded a narcotics investigation with the execution of search warrants at the suspects residence and a clandestine methamphetamine conversion lab in the 4000 block of Wible Road, Bakersfield. The investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately 85 pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of two (2) adult males.