A Canyon Country garage fire uncovered an illegal marijuana grow operation Saturday afternoon, resulting in one arrest.  Around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, emergency responders received reports of a structure fire on the 19600 block of Aldbury Street in Canyon Country, according to Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  “It was reported smoke was seen coming from ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) uncovered and bulldozed “one of the largest illegal drug operations happening in the backyard of the high deserts of Los Angeles” and made 23 arrests in Lancaster on Tuesday.  After bulldozing the largest illegal marijuana bust in Los Angeles County history in Lancaster on Tuesday, narcotics investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s ...

Over 2,000 marijuana plants and over a dozen firearms were recovered in an Acton drug bust of an illegal cannabis growing operation on Thursday, officials said. On Aug. 13, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department–Marijuana Eradication Team along with deputies from Palmdale Sheriff’s Station served a search warrant in the 32700 block of El Sastre Road in Acton regarding an ...

A Newhall man working in Northern California as a marijuana grow operation security guard was arrested last week for illegal possession of a firearm, among other charges, officials said Monday. Luis Parra, 47, was arrested on Dec. 4 on multiple felonies and misdemeanors after a traffic stop in Ukiah, according to Sgt. James L. Wells of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s ...

Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters found dozens of marijuana plants Friday morning in the Placerita and Sand Canyon area, Sheriff’s officials said Saturday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The marijuana grow was found by firefighters responding to the area just before 10 a.m., said LACoFD Supervising Fire Dispatcher Robert Diaz. “They saw ...