Illegal Marijuana Grow Hidden in Pear Orchard Leads to Major Seizure Near Central Point

26K Pot plants seized within pear orchard

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Pears weren’t the only crop sprouting at a rural Rogue Valley orchard this week. On Tuesday, June 16, detectives with the Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) executed a search warrant on the 1000 block of Old Stage Road, uncovering a massive black-market cannabis operation hiding in plain sight. The operators of […] The post 26K Pot plants seized within pear orchard appeared first on KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2.

Illegal Marijuana Grow Hidden in Pear Orchard Leads to Major Seizure Near Central Point

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (Jun. 19, 2026) — Authorities seized approximately 25,000 marijuana plants and arrested a Central Point man after executing a search warrant at an illegal cannabis cultivation operation hidden within a pear orchard in rural Jackson County, officials said. Detectives with the Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) served the warrant Tuesday on a property in the 1000 block of Old Stage Road, where investigators discovered wh…