Search warrant served in Penn Valley nets one arrest, multiple seizures

PENN VALLEY, Calif. October 25, 2017 – Verbatim from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page:

“This ain’t your little sister’s Easy-Bake oven. This piece of equipment is a vacuum oven, which our investigators located in a butane honey oil (BHO) lab today. Our investigators served a warrant in the 17000 block of Woodglen Lane in Penn Valley after the lab was observed by deputies conducting marijuana compliance checks.

Deputies seized about 400 marijuana plants, 75 pounds of processed marijuana and located around 500 expended butane cans.

One party, Donald Freeman (47 YOA), has been arrested on suspicion of operating a BHO lab and unlawful possession of firearms.”