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OPNET seizes marijuana grow operation in Chimacum
- By Sgt. M. Stringer
- Published 01/27/2010
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NEWS RELEASE
Day & Date: Monday January 25, 2010 Contact: Sgt Eric Kovatch
Release: Immediate 360-477-0227
On January 10, 2010, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department were summoned to a residence in the 100 block of Meridian Way, Chimacum, WA, in unincorporated Jefferson County, regarding a call for service that was not drug related. During the investigation of that incident, deputies developed information that a marijuana growing operation was in an outbuilding at that location.
The information was given to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department detective that is assigned to the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET). That information was subsequently presented to a Jefferson County Superior Court Judge, who signed a search warrant authorizing a search of the residence and outbuildings at that location.
On January 25, 2010, OPNET detectives and Jefferson County deputies executed the search warrant. Detectives discovered 341 live marijuana plants in an outbuilding, with an estimated street value of $100,000. Processed marijuana was found in that outbuilding and the main residence.
Taken into custody was Randall L. Heppell, 64 years of age, of Chimacum, WA. Heppell was subsequently booked into the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on the charges of Manufacturing Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver.
The entire case file will be forwarded to the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office for the formal filing of charges.
People with information about indoor and outdoor marijuana growing operations can report their information anonymously and receive a reward if that information leads to the arrest of the offender(s). If you do have such information and wish to report it, please call 1-800-388-GROW (4769).
Day & Date: Monday January 25, 2010 Contact: Sgt Eric Kovatch
Release: Immediate 360-477-0227
On January 10, 2010, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department were summoned to a residence in the 100 block of Meridian Way, Chimacum, WA, in unincorporated Jefferson County, regarding a call for service that was not drug related. During the investigation of that incident, deputies developed information that a marijuana growing operation was in an outbuilding at that location.
The information was given to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department detective that is assigned to the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET). That information was subsequently presented to a Jefferson County Superior Court Judge, who signed a search warrant authorizing a search of the residence and outbuildings at that location.
On January 25, 2010, OPNET detectives and Jefferson County deputies executed the search warrant. Detectives discovered 341 live marijuana plants in an outbuilding, with an estimated street value of $100,000. Processed marijuana was found in that outbuilding and the main residence.
Taken into custody was Randall L. Heppell, 64 years of age, of Chimacum, WA. Heppell was subsequently booked into the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on the charges of Manufacturing Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver.
The entire case file will be forwarded to the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office for the formal filing of charges.
People with information about indoor and outdoor marijuana growing operations can report their information anonymously and receive a reward if that information leads to the arrest of the offender(s). If you do have such information and wish to report it, please call 1-800-388-GROW (4769).
