A 41-year-old from Grass Valley, Calif., was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of transporting 1,200 pounds of cannabis for sales.
A Grass Valley woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of transporting marijuana for sales after police found 1,200 pounds of pot in her cargo van during a traffic stop, officials said.
A deputy pulled the 41-year-old woman over at Interstate 5 and Jayne Avenue near Coalinga and discovered a bounty of marijuana, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.
The van was stuffed with 52 large trash bags of cannabis that weighed 1,200 pounds in total, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the sheriff.
According to a 2019 report from the University of California, it would take more than 1,100 marijuana plants to grow 1,200 pounds of cannabis.
The woman was “issued a citation with an order to appear in court” and could face a misdemeanor charge, the sheriff’s office said. Narcotics detectives destroyed the marijuana.
Marijuana is legal in California under Proposition 64, and anyone 21 years old and over can buy or possess an ounce of marijuana. You must meet certain requirements and obtain a license to operate a cannabis business.
Grass Valley is a small town in the Sierra Foothills, located about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento. Coalinga is about 250 miles southwest in the Central Valley.
