5,000 pot plants razed in Coarsegold

Posted at 01:56 PM on Thursday, May. 20, 2010
By Eddie Jimenez / The Fresno Bee Buzz up!

Madera County law-enforcement officers have eradicated about 5,000 marijuana plants growing in Coarsegold.

Narcotics agents believe the marijuana garden was being cultivated by drug cartels, said a Madera County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman.

Three people were tending to the marijuana plants, but no one was at the garden when agents arrived Wednesday afternoon.

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