Mendocino COunty D.A. investigator Butch Gupta holds about $45,000 in seized marijuana profits. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Ukiah police Officer Kevin Murray works with search dog Thor as they look for drugs or cash in a Toyota Tundra at the city’s impound lot. The forfeited vehicle will sold at auction. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Butch Gupta, an investigator with the Mendocino County district attorney’s office, walks among seized trucks and generators that will be auctioned off. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Mendocino County Dist. Atty. David Eyster in his courthouse office in Ukiah. When he took the job, felony marijuana prosecutions were overwhelming his staff and straining the public coffers. That’s no longer the case. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman says his deputies do not have the time or inclination to police for profit. But he credits restitution and forfeitures in marijuana cases for a sheriff’s budget that is $600,000 in the black. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
