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Crack down on illegal marijuana sales, Santa Maria man busted

March 19, 2025

Marijuana packaged for shipping

By KAREN VELIE

As part of a crackdown on illegal marijuana sales, deputies arrested a Santa Maria man last week for allegedly selling marijuana throughout the United States

On March 13, Santa Barbara County Sheriff detectives served search warrants at the Santa Maria home of 25-year-old Apolinar Ordaz and another affiliated address. During the searches, deputies discovered an illicit marijuana sales business with evidence that Ordaz was shipping marijuana from online sales to states where cannabis sales are prohibited.

Deputies arrested Ordaz and booked him at the Northern Branch Jail for one felony and two misdemeanor marijuana violations, which includes interstate marijuana shipping violations. He is being held without bail for a violation of probation for a previous charge.

“Enforcing the arrest of suspects involved in illegal cannabis sales is a crucial task of the Cannabis Compliance Team, aimed at upholding the integrity of the legal cannabis industry and protecting public safety,” Sheriff Brown said, “It is important to realize that illegal marijuana distribution and sales operations negatively impact the legal cannabis industry by offering unregulated products.”

 


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I just watched a show on the Emerald Triangle where illegal California’s pot grows made Millions of dollars maybe Billions over the years… well those grows are mostly gone or greatly downsized since pot was legalized… it may sound like good news but it sure has devastated the economy of Humboldt county… so now wood carving and milling is making a rebound so for your next road trip consider driving up to the area and buy something from the locals…


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The revenuers will deal with it like moonshine. Later there will be a movie that has a chase scene of very slow driving escapees.


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No doubt he is affiliated with Helios Dayspring and the criminal front group Megan’s Organic Market aka Mom’s


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Thanks. I feel much safer now. How much you wanna bet that this dude goes to prison longer than the dude who drove on the sidewalk and killed a kid in A-Town?


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Certainly going to serve more time than our current clown of a president who was convicted on 34 felony charges.


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Don’t do drugs! The government doesn’t like the competition!


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“He is being held without bail for a violation of probation for a previous charge.”


Shipping weed interstate while on probation, please tell me he used USPS as well.


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