SACRAMENTO, June 25 (UPI) -- Law enforcement officials in California have arrested a man on suspicion of running illegal medical pot farms in Sacramento and Sutter County, officials said.
Yan Ebyam, 33, was arrested Tuesday and later released on a $150,000 property bond, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Authorities said he was growing thousands of medical marijuana plants at a former tomato farm in Rio Oso in Sutter County and at a former wholesale commercial florist in Sacramento. Eleven others were also arrested in connection with the alleged operations.
Ebyam reportedly ran an above-board business growing medicinal marijuana last year, but his businesses failed after a series of thefts, financial problems and pressure from federal authorities on the city of Sacramento to stop allowing such operations.
