Santa Barbara County, CA – A 22-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested in connection with a high-value cannabis cultivation burglary in Carpinteria, authorities said. Detectives are now examining whether the case may be linked to other recent break-ins along the Foothill Road corridor in Santa Barbara County.
The arrest follows a January burglary in which officials say hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of marijuana was stolen from a licensed cannabis grow operation.
Incident Overview
According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, the burglary occurred on January 17 at a cannabis cultivation site located in the 4000 block of Foothill Road in Carpinteria.
Deputies responded to the scene shortly before 2 a.m., but by the time they arrived, the suspects had already fled the area. Investigators later determined that a substantial quantity of processed cannabis had been taken during the break-in, resulting in major financial losses for the operation…