Gigantic Gaviota Ganja Farm

Thanks to a tip, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies discovered a massive and impressively sophisticated indoor marijuana grove on the Gaviota Coast Thursday morning, August 12.

Located essentially within Dos Pueblos Ranch (but, specifically, the illicit operation was taking place on a 50-acre parcel not under the same ownership as the surrounding ranch), the grow boasted roughly 10,000-20,000 plants and several hundred pounds of trimmed and ready-to-sell “very high-grade” bud.

According to Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Drew Sugars, the final tally of cannabis seized is not yet available, as deputies are still working the area. Even without the official numbers, Lieutenant Sonny LeGault with the Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit opined in the wake of the raid, “This is by far the most elaborate indoor and greenhouse marijuana operation I’ve ever seen, and I have been on more eradications than I can count.”