| DATE/TIME: January 24, 2022, through January 30, 2022
INCIDENT: Outdoor Marijuana Cultivations-Operation Hammer Strike, Week 22
LOCATION: #1 – 14000 Block of Lakota Road, Apple Valley
#2 – 83400 Block of Amboy Road, Wonder Valley
#3 – Parcel with no address, Wonder Valley
#4 – Parcel with no address, El Mirage
#5 – 1900 Block of Slate Creek Drive, Walnut
#6 – 4300 Block of Bagdad Highway, Twentynine Palms
#7 – Parcel with no address, El Mirage
#8 – 39600 Block of Summerset, Hinkley
#9 – 42100 Block of Friends Drive, Hinkley
#10 – Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#11 – 42700 Block of Hinkley Road, Hinkley
#12 – Parcel with no address, Hinkley
#13 – 600 Block of Butterfield, West Covina
#14 – Parcel with no address, Adelanto
#15 – 15400 Riverside, Hesperia
#16 – 2000 Block of Elm Street, Alhambra
#17 – 1900 Block of Deer Haven, Chino Hills
SUSPECT(S): Huang Bangrun, 70 year old male resident of Flushing, NY. Location #6
Hua Zhang, 50 year old female resident of Fairfield, CA. Location #7
Yu Sun, 58 year old male resident of San Gabriel, CA. Location #7
Douangchanh Vongchampa, 65 year old male resident of San Francisco, CA. Location #8
James White, 55 year old male resident of Hinkley, CA. Location #8
Sang Vongchampa, 58 year old female resident of Fresno, CA. Location #8
Bounmy Souksavat, 63 year old male resident of Fresno, CA. Location #8
My Baccam, 50 year old male resident of Charlotte, NC. Location #8
Neijun Sun, 46 year old male resident of San Francisco, CA. Location #10
Rui Huang, 53 year old male resident of Alhambra, CA. Location #10
Yinong Tang, 60 year old male resident of Pomona, CA. Location #10
Shiwo Hu, 55 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #10
Kezhen Song, 58 year old male resident of China. Location #10
Chen Kang, 57 year old male resident of China. Location #10
Yingzhou Fan, 49 year old male resident of West Covina, CA. Location #13
Yanhua Li, 50 year old female resident of West Covina, CA. Location #13
Quonghao Gan, 74 year old female resident of San Francisco, CA. Location #13
Cheng Zhong Fan, 77 year old male resident of San Francisco, CA. Location #13
Liu Weiying, 43 year old male resident of San Jose, CA. Location #14
Rijn Chen, 51 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Xiaokiang Zhou, 30 year old male resident of Rosemead, CA. Location #14
Ming Zheng, 48 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Jian Yijuan, 48 year old male resident of Alhambra, CA. Location #14
Doan Phuong, 42 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Yiguang Jian, 46 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Di Tang, 50 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Song Zhong, 37 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Yuerong Tang, 48 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Kenneth Zheng, 44 year old male resident of La Habra, CA. Location #14
Xiuzhau Liao, 23 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Qiongyou Ye, 56 year old male resident of Upland, CA. Location #14
Yuyvian Feng, 50 year old male resident of Los Angeles, CA. Location #14
Lance Stratton, 41 year old male resident of Hesperia, CA. Location #15
Xiuwen Liao, 27 year old male resident of China. Location #16
Xiuyao Liao, 19 year old male resident of China. Location #16
Derrick Robinson, 34 year old male resident of Orlando, FL. Location #17
SUMMARY: Between January 24, 2022, and January 30, 2022, investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), along with San Bernardino Sheriff’s deputies from several different Patrol Stations, served 17 search warrants at various locations in Apple Valley, Wonder Valley, Twentynine Palms, Hinkley, El Mirage, Walnut, Hinkley, Adelanto, West Covina, Hesperia, Alhambra, and Chino Hills. MET personnel had received numerous complaints about large outdoor and indoor marijuana cultivations in these areas. Over this past week, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s personnel located and arrested 36 suspects. Investigators seized 52,715 marijuana plants, 3,575.5 pounds of processed marijuana, 10 guns, and over $51,000.00 in cash. Investigators eradicated a total of 256 greenhouses found at these locations. Investigators mitigated one electrical bypass and one THC extraction lab.
The investigations revealed the cannabis cultivations were not in compliance with California’s Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) and San Bernardino County’s ordinance prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Activity. San Bernardino County has a law prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Activity, which includes growing marijuana plants outdoors.
The Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division will continue to enforce California’s cannabis laws and San Bernardino County’s ordinance regarding cannabis cultivation and distribution. Persons found guilty of violating the state law and county ordinance are subject to fines, prosecution, and seizure of property.
Property owners who are growing marijuana or are aware their tenants are growing marijuana on their properties in violation of the state law and local ordinances may also be subject to civil or criminal sanctions. Property owners are encouraged to contact their local law enforcement or code compliance agency to confirm if cultivating cannabis is prohibited or allowed under specific regulations.
The suspects were cited or booked on charges of Cultivation of Cannabis, over six plants, Possession for Sales of Marijuana, Illegal Water Discharge, Manufacturing a Controlled Substance, Utility Theft, and Conspiracy.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division at (909)387-8400 or NARC-MET@sbcsd.org. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call the We-tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or you may leave the information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Sheriff’s Public Affairs
Station: Gangs/Narcotics Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3700
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SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
  
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