LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The compliance checks of two marijuana grow sites in the Lower Lake area last week resulted in two arrests and the eradication of 158 marijuana plants.

Sgt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Kelseyville residents Frank Phillip Frazza, 23, and 24-year-old Thomas Jameson Whyte were arrested during the checks.

On Thursday, Aug. 2, at approximately 12:30 p.m. the Lake County Narcotics Task Force, a California Department of Fish and Game Officer and Lake County Code Enforcement conducted a compliance check on Cantwell Ranch Road in Lower Lake, Brooks said

Upon their arrival, Brooks said detectives contacted Frazza and Whyte, who have adjoining properties on Cantwell Ranch Road with no permitted structures.

Brooks said both subjects stated they grew marijuana for a collective in Los Angeles and had numerous medical recommendations. Neither Frazza nor Whyte knew any of the subjects listed on the recommendations.  

Frazza had 73 marijuana plants growing outside on his property and Whyte had 85 marijuana plants growing outside on his property. Brooks said Whyte also had a large green house on the property for which he did not have a permit.  

Both grow sites were determined to be in violation of Lake County Ordinance No. 2977 and all of the marijuana plants were eradicated, according to Brooks.

Both Frazza and Whyte were arrested for cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, Brooks said. They were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.

The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be contacted through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.