Some 35,000 cannabis plants were seized in what Santa Barbara County Sheriff's detectives say was an illegal indoor commercial cannabis site.
The plants were at a large scale facility on the 5800 block of Via Real in Carpinteria. Investigators aren't releasing details of the seizure, but say it was operating with an invalid cannabis license.
The facility had been the focus of a number of compaints by neighbors about smell. Detectives say they found the site's odor mitigation system was inoperable.
The 35,000 plants were destroyed, and about 200 pounds of dried marijuana product was seized as evidence. No one was arrested, but the case has been turned over to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office for review, and possible prosecution.
