By Pepper Fisher
PORT ANGELES – Six Clallam County men were detained and released Wednesday as a result of a two-year investigation by the Washington State Patrol’s Cannabis Enforcement Team.
With the help of OPNET agents, three marijuana grow operations were simultaneously raided. Detective Sgt. Eric Munger with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office says one or more of the operations were legitimate but were doing something illegal, and the rest were illegal grow operations.
The six men detained were booked on tentative charges of manufacture or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Munger says there is a massive amount of evidence to sort through, so official charges will likely take some time.
This is a developing story and we expect to have more information in the coming hours or days.
The men detained by investigators are Oun Qiahg Chen, age 56, Mao Jin Chen, 62, Qi Mao Huang, 61, Yi Bang Huang, 69, Qi Ru Li, 59, and Xing Zeng Yu, 33.