By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports they discovered an illegal marijuana growing operation at a Vader address which they learned of through their assistance to the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office with three similar grows last month.
Chief Deputy Breen said they executed a search warrant the the 700 block of B Street in Friday where they located 674 mature plants and arrested a suspect.
It happened around 11 a.m. and while law enforcement was present, a 33-year-old man from San Jose, California arrived to the property. Heip D. Doan was arrested for manufacture and possession of marijuana and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Breen said.
Breen said deputies had helped Pacific County serve three warrants on Nov. 29 and learned of a possible nexus to an address in the Vader area. They began investigating and found it had been occurring since May of this year, Breen said.
Doan is tentatively scheduled to go before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter