Search warrants lead to seizure of 368 pounds of meth and dismantling of conversion lab

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with the Tulare and Kings County Sheriff’s Offices teamed up for a narcotics investigation that resulted in the seizure of approximately 368 pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of two people at a residential farm home Friday.

A search warrant was executed on April 18, 2025, by the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Kern County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (KC-HIDTA), Tulare County Sheriff’s Office (TNT-HIDTA), and Kings County Sheriff’s Office (Major Crimes) Task Force for two locations.

One was a clandestine methamphetamine conversion lab in the 8700 block of Jersey Avenue in Hanford, the other was residential farmhouses in the 3600 block of Road 36 in Tulare…

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