El Dorado County man gets 7 years for cannabis sales and honey oil lab

A Cameron Park man is looking at seven years in prison after he plead guilty on March 29, 2018 to illegally manufacturing concentrated cannabis, commonly referred to as Butane Honey Oil, and illegally transporting/shipping marijuana across the United States.

Michael Ryan Wills, 31, was the subject of investigations by El Dorado County Sheriff narcotics detectives with the assistance from the United States Postal Inspector’s Service over two years.

In December of 2015, postal inspectors intercepted a suspicious package that led them to Wills’ residence in Cameron Park where they found Wills operating an illegal Butane Honey Oil Lab within his residence, with children present. El Dorado County Sheriff narcotics detectives were called to investigate the illegal Honey Oil Lab. Wills was subsequently arrested by EDSO detectives for manufacturing a controlled substance, marijuana sales, and child endangerment.

In May of 2017, narcotics detectives from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (EDSO) opened a second investigation into Wills’ illegal marijuana activities after receiving a tip that Wills was continuing to manufacture Honey Oil from his residence. After a month long investigation which again included the assistance of the Postal Inspector’s Service, sheriff detectives and Postal Inspectors executed a multi-location search warrant that resulted in Wills arrest for illegally transporting / shipping marijuana and Honey Oil across the United States.

In all, detectives and Postal Inspectors seized over $40,000 cash, 479 marijuana plants, 300 pounds of processed marijuana and 2.5 pounds of Butane Honey Oil.

- South Tahoe Now Staff Report