The first major marijuana eradication has occurred in Nevada County since the growing ban was lifted last week, with six arrests and over one-thousand plants seized at two homes. Sheriff Keith Royal says the first search warrants were served at a home on Buckboard Road…

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Royal says medical marijuana recommendations were also found to be double-posted. Then, he says another 646 plants were eradicated at a home on Indian Springs Ranch Road…

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The ordinance will impose fines of 100 dollars per-plant for people who violate the interim growing restrictions for the first time. A maximum of 25 plants are allowed on 20 or more acres, in non-residential areas. 20 to 30 pounds of processed marijuana was also found at the Indian Springs Ranch Road property. Three of the six people arrested are from Grass Valley: 54-year-old Linda Neely, 35-year-old Chephren Jenneman, and 28-year-old Cassandra Jenneman. Also…34-year-old James Flanagan of Nevada City, 41-year-old Muneca Osorio of Granite Bay, and 65-year-old Leslie Vivian of Toronto, Canada.