In January 2024, Chinese National Dingzhan Liao, 46, was arrested in a Lincoln County marijuana raid. Liao was arrested on two counts of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs and cultivating marijuana. 

Earlier this year, drug trafficking and cultivating marijuana charges against four other Chinese Nationals were dismissed after an evidence suppression hearing in Lincoln County Unified Criminal Court.

Liao has an evidence suppression hearing scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2 in Lincoln County Unified Criminal Court.