On December 21st, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at a property in the 9000 block of E. Keyes Road in Denair to conduct follow-up in a narcotics investigation.

During the service of a search warrant, deputies located over 1,000 marijuana plants and 300 pounds of processed marijuana, valued at about $500,000 in street value. Two stolen guns were also located.

Jaime Beltran, 38, of Denair, was arrested and booked into the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center on charges of maintaining a place for the purpose of selling or using a controlled substance and receiving stolen property.

“Another illegal grow gone, another criminal in custody and two stolen guns recovered,” said Sheriff Dirkse in a social media post. “Merry Christmas!”