(Bangor, CA) – A Bangor couple has been arrested for losing their 3-year-old in the middle of the night.

The mother, 32-year-old Mayra Barajas, called the Butte County Sheriff’s office at 10:30 at night, by which time the child had been missing for three hours. A search was launched at the residence, a parcel of over 51 acres, in the 7000 block of La Porte Road. At approximately 3:30 the next morning, the BCSO tracking K-9 eventually led deputies to the child, huddled beneath a tarp that was covering a large, illegal marijuana grow,

A media release notes “the child was two feet away from hundreds of plants.” The child required immediate medical attention to prevent hypothermia and has recovered.

Barajas and 35-year-old Jose Valenciacontreas were arrested. Over 6,5000 pounds of processed marijuana was seized from the property and 5,257 plants pulled. Four firearms were also found.