According to the Yuba Sutter Narcotic and Gang Enforcement Task Force (NET-5), the marijuana discovered is valued at an estimated $60 million, and authorities say it was all being grown under the guise of hemp.
Wilson is Sutter County's main hemp grower. He's been an advocate for hemp farming for several years now, even working closely with county officials on overturning a hemp ban.
Ultimately, his efforts were successful, and hemp is once again allowed to be grown and processed in Sutter County, with proper permitting. But that's something the county claims Wilson did not have.
Wilson could grow hemp, but could not make products with it. Allegedly, that's what he was doing, and the county says a complaint came in to code enforcement.
"That's when the law enforcement officer was there, and my understanding is he had suspicions maybe it was marijuana and not hemp," Smith said.
Hemp has THC at below 0.3%, while marijuana has THC at any percentage higher than that. The county said the plants were testing at marijuana levels.
"It's just very disappointing that someone who was that vocal basically was, in my view, trying to put one over on Sutter County and the goodwill that was shown by the ag commissioner and the county," said Jennifer Dupre, Sutter County district attorney.
Wilson's bail is set at $1 million.
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