The authorities allegedly found over 1,300 marijuana plants while investigating an unrelated incident, and they have purported that it is a part of an illegal growing operation being run by a felon.
36-year-old Javier Perez Diaz is a felon who hails from the unincorporated community of Mecca, California, in Riverside County.
Around 7:00 am on December 21, three special teams of deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were investigating an agricultural theft in the area.