CORVALLIS, Ore. (KOIN) More than $1 million worth of marijuana material was stolen from Oregon Genetics in Benton County sometime overnight Tuesday.
Caleb Mata, the founder and CEO of the legal weed operation, said the burglars took off with 1,000 pounds of ready-to-sell marijuana and another 10 pounds of pure hash oil.
Taking anything from someone is wrong, but $1 million no matter which way you cut it is a lot of money to anyone, Mata said.
Mata told KOIN that the suspects were caught on surveillance camera stealing from their warehouse. He points out that the video shows that one of the suspects is drastically shorter than the other. Since posting the video on Instagram, it has had close to 12,000 views, and Mata hopes someone recognizes the duo.
They got away with a bunch of these black and yellow totes too, full of weed, Mata said.
Based on the footage, Mata believes they spent about 15 minutes inside the warehouse but spent another hour or 2 around the 6-acre propertys perimeter while making a huge haul.
Really the main thing is the more humans that we have with their eyes on the ground looking for this. Its a million dollars worth of product. The amount of mass is gigantic. It could fill this room, Mata said.
A sheriffs deputy responded to the incident, but because of how big the property is Mata said the deputy had no idea what was going on at the other end.
Thats the worst part about it, Mata said. They were literally carrying totes of weed out in the open with a cop here. Its weird to think a cop could have been here and responded at the same time the burglars were here.
According to Mata, similar break-ins have happened possibly with the same suspects at other marijuana producers in the last couple of months.
The company is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those involved.
Mata hopes the video and reward plus his specialized product will help track down the burglars.
Theres no one else that makes oil this clear, so it would be obvious if you saw it, Mata said.
#1: tpaine To: Gatlin (#0)
He hides behind the bozo function like a little girl.
tpaine posted on 2017-11-03 22:04:58 Reply Private Reply
#2: VxH To: tpaine (#1)
VxH posted on 2017-11-04 10:48:42 Reply Private Reply
#3: Deckard To: Gatlin (#0)
I'm sure you will join me in calling for the rapid arrest and swift prosecution of the thieves who robbed these LEGAL medical marijuana dispensaries, right?
Deckard posted on 2017-11-04 11:45:46 Reply Private Reply
#4: tpaine To: VxH (#2)
'Workin pretty good darlin,' as Doc would have said. ---- 'You gonna be my huckleberry?'
Seeing you're posting like a fruitcake?
tpaine posted on 2017-11-04 12:25:48 Reply Private Reply
#5: VxH To: tpaine (#4)
Say when!
VxH posted on 2017-11-04 14:27:15 Reply Private Reply
#6: VxH To: Gatlin (#0)
Given that the MJ bidness folks can't legally deposit any of it into the bank - it means something that looks like a whole lot of laundry, too!
VxH posted on 2017-11-04 14:32:49 Reply Private Reply