BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities arrested two men on Tuesday in connection with drug trafficking and illegal marijuana cultivation in Palermo. The arrests followed a search warrant by the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force and the Special Enforcement Unit of the Butte County Sheriff’s Office .
BINTF officials stated that law enforcement searched in the 5000 block of Power House Hill Road. 42-year-old Michael David Eugene Brown was arrested after officials say he was attempting to conceal a handgun and narcotics in a garbage container outside a trailer. Officials stated that agents negotiated with Mr. Brown to exit the trailer.
Authorities seized over 148 grams of methamphetamine, 1.88 grams of cocaine, 231 pounds of marijuana, a .357 caliber handgun, ammunition, digital scales,