KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Sunday morning incident altercation led to the arrest of two men, the discovery of hundreds of pounds of processed marijuana and more than 2,000 marijuana plants.

Jaime Diaz Rivera, 32, and Sergio Ulises Alvarez Diaz, 26, both of Michoacan, Mexico, were arrested on Sunday, Sept. 18, according to a Tuesday Lake County Sheriff's Office report.

Just before 6 a.m. Sunday the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was called out to the area between Chippewa Trail and Yakima Drive in Kelseyville, with the initial caller reporting an altercation in the vicinity and possible mention of a firearm, the report explained.

Sheriff’s deputies intercepted Rivera and Diaz, who officials said were leaving the immediate area on Mojave Trail.

The Sheriff’s K-9 began searching for a third person who had been seen at the residence, and while conducting the search the K-9 alerted to marijuana, according to the report.

By 9:30 a.m. narcotics detectives had secured a search warrant for the residence. The report said that in the residence and garage detectives found 468 pounds of processed marijuana, and on and near the property they discovered 2,077 marijuana plants.

Diaz was arrested for cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and an immigration violation, while Rivera was arrested for cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, immigration violation and an outside warrant of arrest, officials reported.

The two men were transported to the Hill Road Correctional Facility, where both men are being held on no-bail immigration holds, according to jail records.

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

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