Four arrested after Butane Hash Oil labs found in South Lake Tahoe home

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Four men were arrested after narcotics detectives from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (EDSO) executed a search warrant at a South Lake Tahoe home on Thursday, October 15.

Upon arrival, four suspects were detained inside the residence:

Leo Bailey, age 39

According to EDSO, Patterson attempted to flee from the residence on foot but surrendered to a Sheriff K9.

A search of the residence revealed two active closed-loop BHO labs used to commercially mass produce concentrated cannabis. 231 marijuana plants were found growing indoors and all of them were eradicated and seized. Detectives located more than 100 pounds of processed marijuana, 30 pounds of processed BHO and two handguns.

The investigation also revealed that suspect Leo Bailey was likely shipping marijuana and BHO throughout the United States including Puerto Rico, and other countries, said EDSO Sgt. Anthony Prencipe.

All four suspects were arrested and booked for the following:

-Manufacturing a controlled substance
-Operating and maintaining a drug house
-Possession of marijuana for sales
-Criminal conspiracy

They are currently in the El Dorado County Jail in South Lake Tahoe on over $2,000,000 bail each.

No other information, including the address where the labs were allegedly located, is available at this time.