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Drying illicit pot seized from Williams home By Mail Tribune staff Oct 19, 2022 05:36 PM A A At least seven large plastic totes filled with recently harvested illicit marijuana were seized and destroyed following a search in the 1600 block of Cedar Flat Road. [JMET photo] An unidentified suspect faces felony marijuana charges following two searches this week at a Williams-area property that yielded large quantities of what’s alleged to be illicit cannabis drying and processing inside a home. The multiagency Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team and Rogue Area Drug Enforcement teams found at least seven large plastic totes filled with illicit marijuana inside one bathroom alone during a Tuesday search of a residence in the 1600 block of Cedar Flat Road in Williams, according to photos and a release issued by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. More cannabis plants were found hang-drying within the residence, according to the news advisory. JMET and RADE narcotics officers, along with Josephine County Code Enforcement, initially searched a neighboring property Monday when police say they spotted evidence of a “felony amount of marijuana” growing in the home’s backyard. Police say the illicit marijuana had been harvested by the time they served their warrant the following day, and that investigators found it drying inside the home. The illicit plants and processed marijuana was seized and destroyed. The suspect was not at home at the time of the search, nor was identified in the news release, but police say the suspect faces charges of unlawfully manufacturing marijuana, felony unlawful possession of marijuana and a charge of unlawfully appropriating water.