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Federal and local authorities remained at Rancho Los Cerritos farm near Haymarket around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, a day after the FBI began a raid at the property.
Details remained scarce in the ongoing situation. After confirming the raid late Wednesday night, an FBI spokesperson had not responded to InsideNoVa’s follow-up questions as of late Thursday afternoon.
About a dozen unmarked cars were at the property’s main driveway off the busy highway. There were also cars seen in the field from another entry point, and a Prince William County Animal Services truck pulled out of the driveway around 2:20 p.m.
The farm was listed as “temporarily closed” on Google Thursday afternoon.
The FBI has only said agents were conducting “court-authorized law enforcement activity in that vicinity.”
“There is no current threat to public safety. We do not have any additional information to provide at this time,” FBI supervisory public affairs specialist Lira Gallagher said in a Wednesday night email.
Prince William County police Lt. Jonathan Perok said the law-enforcement activity was contained to the farm property, but residents should expect police presence in the area.
The FBI would not comment on the reason for the raid and U.S. District Court records did not return any results for the farm name.
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
