Another marijuana grow busted Wednesday in Berry Creek

In the wake of Monday's 1,000-plant pot bust nearby, sheriff's deputies made a second marijuana seizure from a Berry Creek residence Wednesday. Police arrested Jin Yik Tan, 45, of San Francisco, for the cultivation and sale of marijuana after executing a search warrant at a residence on Little Ridge Road, according to a press release distributed by the Butte County Sheriff's Office. Police seized 724 marijuana plants with a combined weight of 920 pounds from the residence, according to the press release.

The plants were intended for sale but grown under the guise of California's Compassionate Use Act. The Compassionate Use Act regulates the use and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes. Tan was arrested on suspicion of cultivating and selling marijuana, and his bail was set at $100,000, according to the press release. On Monday, more than 1,000 marijuana plants were seized by the Butte County Sheriff's Office from a Brush Creek residence, as reported in this newspaper.

In that bust, two San Francisco residents were arrested for the cultivation and sale of marijuana and being armed with handguns and shotguns in the commission of a felony. About 1,212 plants weighing more than three tons were seized from two indoor grow rooms and three outdoor plots. Police estimated their worth to be about $4.8 million. Bail for Rui Hu and Harry Liao, the suspects in that grow, was set at $115,000 each.