Booby-trap damages fire and sheriff's vehicles near illegal marijuana grow in Baldy Mesa

[ripcord]

A booby-trap set near an illegal marijuana grow in Baldy Mesa damaged responding fire and sheriff’s vehicles, authorities said.

The Victor Valley Sheriff’s Station reported that at 5:57 p.m. on Sunday, deputies responded to a report of a structure fire at a residence in the 9300 block of White Road in Baldy Mesa.

Upon arrival, deputies discovered the home fully engulfed. Also, the structure was being used for an illegal marijuana grow, sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies later discovered that the dirt area leading up to the residence was booby-trapped with nails sticking out of the ground, which caused tire damage to responding sheriff’s vehicles and fire engines.

There were no injuries caused by the fire and no arrests have been made.

https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2022/06/28/booby-trap-goes-off-illegal-marijuana-grow-baldy-mesa-california/7762453001/

We are finally getting rid of the meth labs out here and now we have the pot growing trash moving in. The booby-traps will get people every once in awhile, some grows even go so far as to have armed men shut the roads down so no one gets close to their criminal activity. San Bernardino County needs to do like Los Angeles County and not just uproot the plants when they find them but bulldoze and haul off the entire operation.

[captain queeg]

1. Years ago I was backpacking in a national forest

I ran into a couple guys coming down the trail. They had orange Kmart backpacks and were armed to the teeth. Being totally unaware of stuff like this I took them for some kind of hunters and asked if they got anything. Looking back later it didn’t add up. They just gave me a funny look.