On September 18, the Washburn County Sheriff's Office with the help and cooperation from Minong Police Department, Sawyer County Sheriff's Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, Narcotics Bureau from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Northwest Area Crime Unit (NACU), and the Washburn County Special Response Team executed four simultaneous search warrants in the northern part of Washburn County.

Three of the search warrants were executed in the Village of Minong, one on Greenhaven Road and the other two on Second Street and the fourth residence was in the Minong Township on Gilmore Drive.

Over 25 law enforcement offices were separated into four distinct units and executed the four search warrants simultaneously for the protection of the officers and to prevent the destruction of any evidence. The four search warrants were successfully completed without any significant incidents.

Resulting from these search warrants is the seizure of over 25,000 grams (56 pounds) of raw marijuana. All four residences had a significant amount of raw marijuana in the process of drying and packaging.

Nine suspects were taken into custody and charged with Felony Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance, Statute 961.41, all from Minong.

The case is still under investigation by the Washburn County Sheriff's Office.