NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Authorities in Glenn County have arrested two men for their part in an illegal marijuana grow in the Mendocino National Forest.

Jose Herrera Ortiz, 29, of Michoacan, Mexico, and Fernando Herrera Esquivel, 24, of Bakersfield were taken into custody last week, according to a report from the Glenn Interagency Narcotics Task Force, or GLINTF.

On Oct. 23 GLINTF, along with the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Forest Service officers and California Department of Fish and Wildlife K-9 officers conducted a raid of a marijuana cultivation site that had been located in the forest.

During the raid, Herrera Ortiz and Herrera Esquivel were taken into custody as they attempted to flee the site, officials reported.

Law enforcement officers located two loaded handguns, along with 352 marijuana plants that were eradicated and disposed of, officials said.

Approximately 43 pounds of processed marijuana was located in the cultivation site. The marijuana plants that were seized weighed a total of 563 pounds, according to the report.

Officials said the street value of the marijuana was $395,000.

Both men were booked into the Glenn County Jail for marijuana cultivation, criminal conspiracy will destruction of public land, diverting water and littering, and a special allegation of being armed with a firearm, with bail for each et at $126,000, authorities said.