CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department arrested four men and seized hundreds of marijuana plants following the service of two separate search warrants on Wednesday.

Lt. Tim Celli, the department's acting chief, said the first two individuals were arrested at a property in the 3500 block of Garfield Avenue, where 94 marijuana plants also were seized.

Officers received complaints regarding cultivation at the property, followed up with an investigation, obtained probable cause and eventually secured a search warrant, Celli said.

He said the property was a fenced-in vacant lot and there were no other structures on the property. After securing the search warrant, surveillance was conducted and officers observed two suspects go to the property and tend to the growing marijuana.

On Wednesday morning, after seeing the two suspects at the location tending to the marijuana plants, officers served the search warrant, Celli said.

As a result, Celli said 94 budded growing marijuana plants were seized. The marijuana plants were inside a light deprivation hoop house that was used to accelerate the growth of the marijuana.

Two suspects who were identified as brothers out of Ukiah, Manuel and Gilberto Zazueta, were arrested for the cultivation of marijuana at the location, he said.

Celli said the grow site was believed to be a commercial marijuana grow and there were no indicators that it was for medical purposes. The brothers were both later booked into the Lake County Jail.

While officers were serving the search warrant on Garfield Avenue, other Clearlake Police officers responded to a disturbance call in the 3400 block of Harrison Avenue, Celli said.

During the call, officers observed marijuana growing in the backyard at the location. When officers attempted to talk to the occupants about the marijuana grow, the occupants were uncooperative and challenged the officers to get a search warrant, according to Celli.

At that point, officers secured the location in preparation of a search warrant, which Celli said was authored by a Clearlake Police detective based on the observation made by officers. A Lake County Superior Court judge later signed the warrant, authorizing the search of the property.

Investigators served the search warrant at the location and, as a result, Celli said 726 marijuana plants were seized from the property.

Hundreds of marijuana plants were seized from the outdoor growing operation in the backyard which was in various stages of growth. In addition, hundreds more “clone” marijuana plants were seized from inside the residence which was converted for an indoor growing operation. Parts of the residence were also converted for a marijuana processing operation as well, Celli said.

Celli said officers also located at the residence a “stun gun” type billy club which is illegal to possess in violation of 22210 PC.

At the conclusion of the investigation, two suspects identified as Juan Alverez Munoz and Fernando Herrera Arguez were arrested for cultivation of marijuana and possession of the weapon and later booked in the Lake County Jail, Celli said.