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is convenient for more than just would-be buyers and sellers. In Santa Barbara County, detectives are using the popular website to track down alleged illegal drug sales. On Thursday,
<br />the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department announced that it had arrested two men on suspicion of pitching high-grade marijuana "clones" for sale. Though ads for medical marijuana
<br />collectives abound on the website, most are targeted at consumers who have a doctor's recommendation and an identification card, as required under state laws. The men taken into custody
<br />in Santa Barbara County were offering hybrid seedlings that had been engineered to increase potency, sheriff's officials said….."Some people mistakenly think that the Compassionate Use
<br />Act allows them to sell marijuana freely," Sugars said. "That's not how the law was written and Craigslist is not a collective."……During a search of his Santa Barbara home, investigators
<br />found more than 100 marijuana plants, two pounds of processed marijuana and more than $8,000 in cash, Sugars said. He had another 65 plants and $1,500 in cash at a second residence in
<br />Mendocino County, Sugars said. Authorities said they don't believe the men were working together. But both advertised on Craigslist. A check of the website shows at least two recent
<br />ads in the Goleta, Calif., area offering marijuana clones for sale. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot-clones2-2010apr02,0,5745359.story Hash,' honey oil' lab raided on S. State
<br />St. Police arrived at the building about 8:50 p.m. to investigate a reported shooting that day and found an operation set up to make concentrated marijuana, complete with an ice machine
<br />stolen from the Discovery Inn, the UPD stated. /04/16/2010 The Ukiah Police Department on Tuesday shut down a homeless camp where police said concentrated marijuana was being manufactured……Ice
<br />from the ice machine taken from the Discovery Inn less than one day before was being used to make "hash," police stated. Police said they also found butane and other devices that indicated
<br />concentrated marijuana was produced there. Further investigation of the building was conducted by the Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force. Police said they found marijuana, additional
<br />butane and numerous cooking dishes and vials that contained a substance known as "honey oil." "Honey oil" is a concentrated form of marijuana made with butane and high pressure, the
<br />UPD stated. This same practice of making honey oil has been known to cause explosions and fires causing serious injuries in Mendocino County, the UPD stated. Police also turned up large
<br />garbage cans and barrels of marijuana mixed with ice, another method of making concentrated marijuana, police stated. Edible marijuana, scales, records of sales, and more than 40 pounds
<br />of "leaf"' and "bud" marijuana were also found at the scene, police said……The
<br />initial report made to police was that people had been arguing and making threats to shoot each other followed what sounded like a gunshot, the UPD stated. Police arrived to investigate
<br />and were told by people there that fireworks had been lit off in the building. As police were checking out the building for signs of a gun they found a 38-year-old man with seven shotgun
<br />shells. Police checked the man's records and learned he was a convicted felon and was not allowed to possess ammunition….. http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_14896171?source=rss
<br />Four high school students hospitalized after eating pot brownies in Hayward By Eric Kurhi /Oakland Tribune /04/22/2010 HAYWARD — Four high school students became sick and were hospitalized
<br />Wednesday morning after eating brownies that were laced with marijuana, police said. The campus police officer was investigating a report that a Tennyson High School student was selling
<br />drugged brownies when the accused vendor and three students who had either bought or been given a brownie became ill. One of them had passed out in the school parking lot, and medical
<br />aid was sought, police said. Three of the youths were taken to St. Rose Hospital by ambulance, one by a parent. "Two of them said it was the first time they had used marijuana," police
<br />Lt. Chris Orrey said. All were expected to be released later Wednesday……A similar incident happened in January at James Logan High School in Union City, where several students were sickened
<br />by marijuana brownies and two required hospitalization….. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14930742?nclick_check=1 Suspected sale of marijuana-laced brownies leads to arrest
<br />By Cathy Locke /April 9, 2010 Auburn police this afternoon arrested a man suspected of conducting a version of an after-school bake sale featuring marijuana-laced brownies. Police went
<br />to School Park Reserve at 55 College Lane about 1 p.m. after being advised by Placer High School officials of students possibly smoking marijuana, according to a department news release…..Police
<br />said Brazel was selling marijuana in leaf form and mixed in brownies. They said Brazel also appeared to be under the influence of marijuana. He was booked into Placer County Jail. http://www.sacbee.c
<br />om/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/04/sale-of-suspect.html Identity theives buy pot with Sen. Saslaw's credit card By Rosalind Helderman /May 21, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Dick
<br />Saslaw (D-Springfield) said his phone has been ringing off the hook since a report appeared yesterday in California noting that local authorities were alleging Sacramento identity thieves
<br />had stolen the senator's credit card number and used it to buy, among other things, medical marijuana…..As for the $225 in medical marijuana charged to the 70-year old senator's card?
<br />"That's California for you," he said. "You can buy pot on a credit card." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/05/identity_theives_buy_pot_with.html Vegas teen pleads
<br />not guilty in CHP officer death The Associated Press /06/29/2010 VICTORVILLE, Calif.—A Las Vegas teenager pleaded not guilty Tuesday to vehicular manslaughter and other felony counts
<br />in the weekend death of a California Highway Patrol officer on Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert……A status conference is scheduled for July 8. CHP Officer
<br />Justin McGrory and another officer had stopped a car in the Barstow area, about 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles, early Sunday when Garcia's car veered onto the shoulder and struck
<br />the 28-year-old officer, said San Bernardino county prosecutors. Deputy District Attorney Jill Gregory said a 12-year-old child was in car, but she could not elaborate on details. She
<br />also said 68 grams of marijuana were found in Garcia's vehicle. Laboratory tests were being performed to determine if Garcia was under the influence of marijuana or alcohol at the time
<br />of the crash, Gregory said. McGrory was one of five CHP officers killed in the line of duty in less than two months…... http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15401286 Deputy's window shot
<br />out following marijuana raid Written by Lake County News reports /Wednesday, 30 June 2010 UKIAH – Mendocino County officials are investigating an incident in which a window of a truck
<br />driven by a deputy sheriff was shot out following marijuana raids on Tuesday……During the raids 22,000 marijuana plants were seized out of five sites in the area. Noe said that in one
<br />of the camps a .22-caliber pistol was seized along with evidence that the garden was being tended by Hispanics. After the raids the teams were returning to Ukiah on Orr Springs Road
<br />when the lead truck, driven by Deputy James Wells, had the rear window shot out, Noe said. The team secured the area and a search for a suspect or suspects was conducted. Noe said no
<br />responsible person was located during the search….. http://lakeconews.com/content/view/14744/919/Suspect fatally shot in raid of marijuana grow The Associated Press /06/30/2010 NAPA,
<br />Calif.—Authorities say one person is dead after shots were fired when drug agents raided a marijuana growing operation near Lake Berryessa. Napa County Sheriff's Capt. Tracey Stuart
<br />says a suspect was shot by a member of a local and state drug task force team that was investigating the growing operation near the lake around 12:50 p.m. Wednesday. A second suspect
<br />has been taken into custody. Authorities have not released any additional details. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15413972 The proliferation of Indoor Grows continues to
<br />be a hidden hazard within our communities. Not only are they a target for home invasion robberies, but they also present a significant fire hazard as well as the potential, based upon
<br />mold and unsafe alterations to the structure, to leave the dwelling uninhabitable. $2 million in marijuana plants siezed, man arrested in Fontana drug bust Andrew Blankstein /June 25,
<br />2010 Los Angles County Sheriff's deputies descended on a Fontana home early Friday and arrested a man on suspicion of using the residence to cultivate $2 million worth of marijuana……A
<br />three-month investigation led investigators to the San Bernardino County residence. The search began Friday morning after a warrant was issued by a Los Angeles County judge. Sheriff's
<br />deputies said they discovered evidence of a marijuana-growing operation, including special lighting and hydroponic equipment in the home. They said they also confiscated about 1,800
<br />marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $2 million…..
<br />http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/2-million-in-marijuana-plants-siezed-in-fontanadrug-bust-.html Neighbors lead police to El Monte pot farm The Associated Press /04/13/2010
<br />EL MONTE, Calif.—Neighbor tips led police to a marijuana growing operation inside an El Monte home where more than 700 pot plants in various stages of maturity…..Detective Ralph Batres
<br />says the San Marino man had rented the house and the homeowner didn't know it was being used as a marijuana farm. Batres says the confiscated pot is worth millions of dollars, but he
<br />didn't have an exact figure. Neighbors had telephone police to report there was suspicious activity at the home. The detective says windows were blacked out and people were coming and
<br />going at strange hours of the night. http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14873976?nclick_check=1 Agents raid indoor pot gardens in Northern Calif. The Associated Press /04/22/2010 SACRAMENTO,
<br />Calif.—Drug agents have arrested seven Sacramento residents and seized more than 4,300 marijuana plants growing inside homes in Sacramento and nearby Elk Grove…..agents also seized more
<br />than $82,000 in cash during raids this week. He says the growers bypassed electric meters to steal power so they could run sophisticated operations inside the homes—five in Sacramento
<br />and one in its southern suburb. Taylor says the investigations began in November. The operation was separate from the dozens of Central Valley indoor pot gardens discovered in 2007 that
<br />were linked to a San Francisco-based cartel. The suspects were charged with conspiracy and growing marijuana. Each made an initial appearance earlier this in federal court in Sacramento.
<br />http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14940180 Six arrested in marijuana cultivation case; 1,000 plants seized across Santa Cruz County By Cathy Kelly -Santa Cruz Sentinel /04/23/2010 SANTA
<br />CRUZ -Six county men have been jailed and more than 1,000 marijuana plants seized from three properties during an undercover operation Thursday, sheriff's deputies announced Friday.
<br />"With With that amount of plants and that many players, this is clearly a sophisticated operation," Sgt. Dan Campos said. "This is an example of many marijuana growing operations in
<br />the county. It's a subculture that thrives here."……They seized more than 1,000 plants, valued at $180,000 to $300,000, and $6,000 cash, he said. Investigators found large commercial
<br />gardens at three properties……Campos, speaking in general terms, said these types of conspiracies are common in larger marijuana "grows," and are money-making operations typically located
<br />rural areas off the grid to avoid detection….. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14946097 Authorities say multi-county marijuana growing operation is tied to Eureka man John
<br />Driscoll/The Times-Standard /04/16/2010 A Eureka man is being sought by police after a three-county drug bust that included the discovery of an elaborate underground pot grow under a
<br />$1 million home in Hayfork, investigators said Thursday……The search included a 5-acre property owned by Serrano in Hayfork in Trinity County, where agents reportedly found a tunnel accessed
<br />through a shed leading to a 200-by-40-foot underground corridor and two rooms used to grow and process marijuana. Humboldt County Drug
<br />Task Force Special Agent Supervisor Jack Nelsen said that the underground structure was built into the side of a hill, made of cement, with trusses and beams. Nelsen said a 4,000-to
<br />5,000-square-foot luxury home --still under construction --was built on top of the grow. The operation was powered by diesel generators and public utility service. ”Obviously a lot of
<br />money was invested in making this underground grow and disguising it,” Nelsen said. Some 2,200 pot plants, 100 pounds of processed marijuana and four rifles were seized. Agents also
<br />served a search warrant at Serrano's home on the 3300 block of Pigeon Point Road in Eureka on Wednesday. Investigators say they found an indoor growing operation there, consisting of
<br />205 plants. Some 75 pounds of processed pot, scales and packaging material were also reportedly discovered. A closed trailer with a large amount of marijuana was seized. Serrano was
<br />not at the site. The investigative team also went to a Shasta Lake City home believed to be associated with Serrano, and reportedly found a vehicle listed on the original search warrant.
<br />The occupant of the home did not want to talk with agents, according to the team. The vehicle reportedly contained 1/2-pound of pot and immature clone plants. Agents then procured a
<br />search warrant for the residence, and allegedly found a grow operation with 250 plants, 50 pounds of dried marijuana and pay-owe notes…..All told, the dried marijuana seized, at $2,500
<br />per pound, has a street value of $563,000. http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_14896387 Oakland police find large marijuana grow inside garage hit by a car By Harry Harris /Oakland
<br />Tribune /04/29/2010 OAKLAND — A hit-and-run crash this morning led police to a 230-plant marijuana grow inside the garages at a North Oakland duplex. The street value of the plants is
<br />estimated to be more than $100,000. A car sideswiped a parked vehicle in one of the driveways in the 5900 block of Broadway around 7:30 a.m. then smashed into a garage door and drove
<br />away. Police who arrived to investigate found 102 plants in the damaged garage and another 128 in an adjacent garage. They also found lighting and ventilation systems in the garages.
<br />No one was arrested. The woman who owns the car that was hit lives in one of the units but said neither garage is hers. "I woke up to this," she said. http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14984060?sour
<br />ce=rss&nclick_check=1 Authorities seize 1,300 marijuana plants in raid The Associated Press /05/06/2010 SANTA ROSA, Calif.—Sonoma County authorities say they've prevented more than $1
<br />million worth of marijuana from hitting the streets after raid of a marijuana growing operation in Santa Rosa. Sgt. Chris Bertoli says narcotics detectives confiscated 1,300 plants,
<br />132 pounds of marijuana, two loaded handguns and about $100,000 in cash during a search of three buildings in an undisclosed location Monday. Investigators estimate the plants would
<br />have produced about $1.3 million worth of marijuana if harvested and eventually sold. They also say they found sales sales records, scales and packaging materials during the search.
<br />Authorities say during the raid, three people were taken into custody on suspicion of cultivating marijuana and other charges. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15033996 25
<br />arrested in Contra Costa County marijuana sting The Associated Press /Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010 SAN PABLO, Calif. --More than two dozen people have been arrested in a drug sting in Contra
<br />Costa County that netted 1,200 marijuana plants with a street value of $600,000. The West Contra Costa County Narcotics Task Force said the arrests began on Wednesday morning and ended
<br />around
<br />10 p.m. Authorities searched 11 locations in San Pablo, Richmond and North Richmond and also seized 20 pounds of processed marijuana with a value of $90,000, two firearms and $65,000
<br />in cash. At least 25 men and women were arrested. Fred Doran, commander of the task force, said the investigation began five months ago after a Richmond resident complained about unusual
<br />activity at a neighbor's home. Doran said investigators determined the home was used to grow marijuana and connected the people who were using it to the other locations. http://www.fresnobee.com/2010
<br />/04/29/1914926_25-arrested-in-contra-costa-county.html Lake County Sheriff's deputies locate marijuana grow house Staff Report GRAND ISLAND --Detectives with the Lake County Sheriff's
<br />special investigations unit found about 100 marijuana plants, with a total approximate value of $100,000, in an indoor marijuana grow operation in Grand Island. Police were called to
<br />37201 Slice Lane shortly after noon on Friday. The sole resident of the home, Craig Sancher, was arrested on May 3 on drug charges in North Carolina. When family members arrived at Sancher's
<br />Grand Island home to collect his property, the landlord and owner of the house discovered the grow operation. Detectives obtained a search warrant and seized the marijuana plants and
<br />other items connected with indoor marijuana grow operations. http://www.dailycommercial.com/050910pot Sheriff's deputies bust marijuana house in Ceres Tina Tedesco May 5, 2010 CERES,
<br />CA --Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of shots fired on Moffett Road in Ceres early Wednesday morning. Upon further investigation, deputies discovered a marijuana
<br />grow operation inside a nearby home. When deputies initially responded, they spotted a car leaving the scene. When deputies attempted to stop the car, the driver refused to pull over
<br />and led officers on a six-mile long chase. Deputies say the people inside the car were throwing pills out of the window. Investigators say they later recovered those items, including
<br />1,000 to 1,500 pills of the prescription painkillers Percocet and Vicodin. The car finally stopped, and the two occupants were taken into custody. Investigators returned to the original
<br />address in the 5300 block Moffett Road and discovered a marijuana grow operation. According to officers on the scene, at least four rooms of the house were dedicated to the marijuana
<br />operation. Officers estimate there are 500 plants total. http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=80819 Brooktrails clones sold on Craigslist? By Linda Williams/TWN Staff
<br />Writer /04/07/2010 Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department narcotics detectives cracking down on marijuana clone sales on Craigslist in their area last month arrested two men in Santa Barbara
<br />that led to the discovery of a Brooktrails grow house……According to sheriff's deputies, Schneider was advertising marijuana clones on Craig'slist. In Schneider's El Sueno Road residence
<br />in Santa Barbara, deputies found 100 plants, two pounds of bud and $8,000 in cash. The County of of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team searched Schneider's Mendocino County Maize Drive
<br />residence, and found 65 plants and $1,500 in cash….. http://www.willitsnews.com/news/ci_14837364?source=rss Police: Raid turned up guns, pot, baby alligators
<br />The Associated Press /04/16/2010 06 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Guns and drugs and alligators, oh my! That's how the attorney for a South San Francisco man described the charges against
<br />her client, which she said were exaggerated. Nevertheless, prosecutors say 39-year-old Lazaro Leon Jr. pleaded no contest Wednesday in San Mateo County Superior Court to possessing an
<br />assault rifle and marijuana with intent to sell, as well as two other gun charges. The case stems from a January raid on Leon's home that police say turned up nearly two dozen guns,
<br />13 marijuana plants, a pound of processed pot and three baby alligators. The alligators were seized and turned over to the Peninsula Humane Society. As for Leon, his defense attorney,
<br />Paula Canny, says he's facing a maximum of two years in prison when he is sentenced May 13. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14901120 Tom Stienstra, outdoors writer, 'Great
<br />Outdoors' host arrested in pot bust C. Johnson /April 3, 2010 WEED, CA (AP) --A popular California outdoors writer is free on bail after authorities say they found a large marijuana
<br />growing operation in his barn in the town of Weed. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said Friday that deputies served a search warrant on Tom Stienstra's home last week and found
<br />60 plants and more than 11 pounds of processed marijuana……Officials said deputies found medical marijuana recommendations for Stienstra, his wife and her son. A message left for Stienstra
<br />was not immediately returned. http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=78634 Modesto police find underground marijuana garden The Associated Press /04/09/2010 MODESTO, Calif.—Modesto
<br />police say they've seized hundreds of marijuana plants after an officer on patrol in a suburban neighborhood noticed a strong smell of marijuana. After obtaining a search warrant for
<br />a home and its adjoining property, Modesto police Det. Darren Ruskamp says officers on Friday uncovered an underground tunnel leading from an outdoor shed. Inside the tunnel, officers
<br />and members of a narcotics enforcement team say they found two underground growing rooms filled with 255 marijuana plants. Investigators estimate the plants could produce nearly $300,000
<br />worth of marijuana every three months. Also uncovered during the search was a pound of processed marijuana…... http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14855984 Marijuana plants discovered
<br />in fire-damaged Chula Vista home Apr 30, 2010 CHULA VISTA, Calif. (CBS 8) -Police Friday are investigating the discovery of supposedly legal marijuana plants after a house fire in the
<br />South Bay…..Fire crews had the flames knocked down within about 15 minutes. While at the scene, they discovered several cannabis plants and cultivation equipment, Chula Vista Police
<br />Department spokesman Bernard Gonzales said. Residents at the home gave police a medical marijuana card and told them they were caregivers, according to Gonzales….. http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.as
<br />p?S=12407371 Indoor Pot Grow Sparks Novato House Fire CBS 5 CrimeWatch /Jun 7, 2010
<br />NOVATO (BCN) ― Sheriff's deputies arrested a 51-year-old man Sunday after a two-alarm fire at his Marin County home revealed he was growing marijuana, according to a Marin County sheriff's
<br />sergeant….Firefighters arrived at the scene within minutes and discovered a "very active" fire burning in the basement of the 4,000-square-foot home…..Sheriff's deputies arrested Gauthier
<br />after investigators found 50 to 60 marijuana plants and about three pounds of processed marijuana, Boyd said. No injuries were reported, but Nickel said there was "very significant"
<br />damage to the home due to the blaze…..Investigators believe the fire was electrical and might have been related to the marijuana grow. It was being investigated as suspicious, Nickel
<br />said. Boyd added, "Indoor marijuana grows increase fire danger." http://cbs5.com/crime/novato.pot.growing.2.1736978.html Two men arrested with more than 200 marijuana plants inside their
<br />car Vacaville Reporter /05/21/2010 VACAVILLE — Vacaville Police arrested two people Friday morning following the discovery of more than 200 immature marijuana plants inside their vehicle.
<br />At about 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, a Vacaville patrol officer spotted two individuals inside a black Honda Accord in the area of Ambassador Place and Rio Grande Drive. After contacting
<br />the individuals, police said the officers detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle and conducted a search of the vehicle and found 225 immature marijuana plants
<br />and a clear plastic bag with psilocybin mushrooms. Further investigation revealed that a residence located in the 100 block of Fairview Drive in Vacaville had additional contraband.
<br />Detectives from the Vacaville Narcotics Team obtained a search warrant for the residence and located another 100 immature marijuana plants, 10 mature marijuana plants and 1.5 pounds
<br />of processed marijuana. Detectives also located a loaded shotgun and packaging material, indicating that the marijuana was not for personal use……. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15135155
<br />The growing of Marijuana on public lands cost tax payers millions of dollars in “clean-up” costs. As enforcement is stepped up, more and more confrontations between armed growers and
<br />law enforcement officer are occurring. The danger to unarmed citizens attempting to use public lands has also increased as growers are willing to go to greater lengths to protect their
<br />drugs. Sonoma authorities seize $21M in marijuana plants The Associated Press /Thursday, May. 06, 2010 CLOVERDALE, Calif. --Sonoma County authorities say they have seized more than 10,000
<br />marijuana plants valued at $21 million…..a hunter alerted authorities to the plants. Investigators found a hillside that had been stripped of its vegetation so marijuana could be planted.
<br />A spring was also diverted for irrigation. Bertoli said a campsite close to the grow was vacant. The raid opened the narcotic unit's marijuana eradication season. It was also the county's
<br />second pot bust this week. Three people were taken into custody on Monday after authorities confiscated 1,300 plants worth $1.3 million in Santa Rosa. That raid also turned up two loaded
<br />handguns and about $100,000 in cash. http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/05/06/1924165/authorities-seize-1300-marijuana.html?storylink=mirelated Nearly 100,000 pot plants found in SoCal forest
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<br />The Associated Press /06/29/2010 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Nearly 100,000 marijuana plants have been uprooted in four pot farms discovered in the San Bernardino National Forest east of
<br />Los Angeles. There are no arrests. The marijuana farms were found Thursday and Friday by the sheriff's Marijuana Eradication Team, the U.S. Forest Service and the Campaign Against Marijuana
<br />Planting. Some 59,000 plants were growing in a canyon north of Arrowhead Springs and more than 5,000 plants were being cultivated below Crest Park in the Rim Forest and Sky Forest area.
<br />Investigators say deputies found another farm with 32,000 plants on a ridge in lower Lytle Creek Canyon. Another 3,000 plants were growing in the Miller Narrows area. http://www.mercurynews.com/break
<br />ing-news/ci_15400285 LA officers ferret out pot plots on public lands The Associated Press /06/26/2010 LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles area law officers are cracking down on illicit marijuana
<br />plots on public lands. Authorities say a team of officers from several agencies on Friday eradicated more than 19,000 marijuana plants in the Lancaster area and confiscated growing equipment
<br />and pesticides. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says in a release Saturday that since last month, narcotics detectives have destroyed about 85,000 marijuana plants from public
<br />lands with an estimated street value of $170 million. The department urged people visiting the more remote public areas to be cautious because criminal marijuana farmers sometimes use
<br />guards to protect their crops or even booby-traps….. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15384009?nclick_check=1 Pot bust at large Madera Co. garden By Jim Guy /The Fresno Bee
<br />/Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010 Madera County sheriff's deputies raided a marijuana garden in Ahwahnee and arrested a man they say has connections with Mexican drug cartels. The 30-year-old
<br />man was fertilizing some of the estimated 13,000 plants with a backpack spray rig when he was taken into custody Tuesday….. http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/04/14/1896348/pot-bust-at-large-madera-cogard
<br />en.html?storylink=mirelated Pot plants seized in Malibu Creek State Park The Associated Press /04/12/2010 MALIBU, Calif.—Authorities say two men have been arrested on suspicion of marijuana
<br />possession after hundreds of pot plants and seeds were found in a remote area of Malibu Creek State Park…..Readyhoff says Arturo Molina of Van Nuys and Victor Magana, a Mexican national,
<br />were booked on suspicion of marijuana possession, possession of a concealed firearm and destruction of plants and geological features. He says both men fled the scene but park rangers
<br />later tracked down
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