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California pot sweep linked to Mexican drug cartels
LOS ANGELES |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California authorities said on Thursday they have made dozens of arrests and destroyed marijuana plants worth billions of dollars on farms that officials said are controlled by Mexican drug traffickers.
The street value of the marijuana destroyed in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains was put at $1.7 billion.
Authorities destroyed some 270 acres of marijuana plants, which were irrigated and spread with fertilizer.
"The mission is a collective fight against organized crime," Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said.
A series of raids that began in January in three northern and central California counties -- dubbed Operation Trident -- netted 97 arrests and more than 400,000 marijuana plants,
Authorities also seized nearly 500 pounds of harvested marijuana, 74 ounces of cocaine, 49 ounces of methamphetamine and numerous weapons.
Those arrested were charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, weapons possession and immigration offenses, the sheriff's office said.
(Editing by Andrew Stern and Greg McCune)
What’s the big deal?
They’re just some poor migrant farm workers from Mexico doing jobs Americans won’t do… we should give them amnesty! Right Mr. Obama and Ms. Pelosi?
And I’m a racist for wanting this scum out of my country?
No Anndopie- you’re just incredibly ignorant since the demographics of the drug dealers making the profits from these operations are overwhelmingly white. Did you miss the subsequent story in Reuters that has a white male proposing a multi million $ legal pot agribusiness in Oakland? A business model that Oakland smartly legalized.
Now THIS story is just about Cal local governments protecting their businesses & revenue.
So ignorant Ann you have your racism confused with capitalism.
And to answer your own question- yes you are.
Mynamehear2 – get an education before you speak – hemp is harmless, yet is the REAL reason Marijuana was made illegal. Like cat-nip, there is a God-given desire by many to use it, yet the ’so-called’ riteous pass judgement..I bet you are a Christian, yet you are nothing like Christ
