A team of federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers are serving search warrants on the Navajo Nation near Shiprock in connection with a crackdown on illegal hemp farms.
The warrants are sealed and FBI spokesman Frank Fisher could not provide any details Monday, saying only that they stemmed from an ongoing investigation. In October, more than a dozen people were arrested on drug charges at a motel in the area. Authorities alleged the suspects were trimming marijuana plants in multiple motel rooms as marijuana was being stored in other rooms. Investigators were trying to determine whether the suspects were tied to illegal hemp farm operations on the reservation.
