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Marijuana Mansions By STEVEN KURUTZ / Published: December 9, 2007 Marijuana growers have long faced a dilemma. If they grow pot outdoors, weather conditions are unpredictable, and plants can be spotted from the air or accidentally discovered ..... According to Lt. Greg Garland of the sheriff's department in San Bernardino County, where more than 50 pot houses have been raided this year, the growers favor newer communities in outlying suburbs because they get more space for the money, and residents pay scant attention to their neighbors. Source: http: / /www.nytimes.com/ 2007 /12/09 /magazine /09marijuana.html9 r=1 &ref = magazine &oref= slogin Warehouse pot growing operation found in Santa Cruz County The Associated Press / 12/31/2007 SOQUEL, Calif A marijuana growing operation has been uncovered in a Soquel warehouse.... While the 377 plants wasn't a huge haul, Sgt. Steve Carney says it was the largest warehouse operation he can recall, noting there was room to grow 3,000 plants at a time. Source: http: // www. mercurynews.com /breakingnews /ci 7849059 ?nclick check =l While there has been a significant increase in indoor grows, there appears to have been no real decrease in outdoor growing operations. It has been opined that outdoor growers were moving to indoor grow operations as the indoor grows were less susceptible to theft and seizure by law enforcement. However, both growing styles appear to be on the rise. It is expected that seizures of marijuana grown outdoors will continue the previous year's upward trend. Marijuana Cultivation Sites Eradicated in Merced River Drainage Author: National Park Service / Published on Oct 4, 2007, 08:47 On the 26th and 27th of September 2007, approximately 30 law enforcement officers from the Mariposa County Sheriff s Office, the US Forest Service, the California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement (CAMP), and Yosemite National Park raided four illegal marijuana cultivation sites ...... A total of 14,536 plants valued at over 43 million dollars were seized. Source: http: // www. yubanet. com/ artman /publish/printer_67087.shtml 3000 Plants and 10 lbs of Processed Marijuana Eradicated at Sheep Ranch Road and San Antonio Creek Posted by: Kim Hamilton on 10/22/2007 03:58 PM ..... the Calaveras County Sheriff s Office received a call from an anonymous person, who stated that both he and his son had been the victim of an assault with a deadly weapon. The caller explained that he had been hunting in an area near Sheep Ranch, and after hiking in an area, he turned on his flashlight, and was immediately fired upon from at least one firearm . ..... Deputies and members of the Calaveras County Narcotic Enforcement Unit removed over 3000 marijuana plants, and seized over 10 pounds of processed marijuana from the garden ........ The garden appeared to have been tended to workers who lived within a primitive camp in the garden, and was likely grown for a Mexican drug trafficking organization. Source: http : / /thepinetree.net /index.php ?module= announce &ANN_ user_op=view &ANN id =4203 Authorities arrest 19 in three -day marijuana bust The Associated Press/ 11/08/2007 LOS ANGELESA Los Angeles County sheriff s spokesman says 19 people have been arrested and 300,000 plants uprooted in a three -day sting targeting marijuana cultivation.