The Santa Ana Police Department recently discovered dozens of labor trafficking victims after serving a search warrant on an illegal marijuana cultivation operation. The department was made aware of the illicit operation from a community complaint, and after investigating the lead, Vice detectives were able to narrow down the location to an industrial complex near the 2100 block of S. Yale Street, the department said in a statement. The detectives served a search warrant on the property on Aug. 11, where initially they found a large-scale marijuana grow operation, with about six individuals inside, who were detained. Santa Ana Police Department public information officer Sonya Royo told The Epoch Times the grow house had the usual elements of typical grow houses, such as lights to mimic sunlight for the plants to grow and regular watering. After an initial investigation of the building, detectives were led by further evidence to an …
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