Thread: 80 arrested, 292,000 pot plants discovered in CA.

Pot farms in California forest raided, dozens arrested

About 292,000 marijuana plants were found in the raid.

July 26th, 2011
11:49 AM ET

Nearly 80 people have been arrested in the largest marijuana-eradication law enforcement operation in California history, several local reports say. About 292,000 plants have been discovered, Justice Department spokeswoman Michelle Gregory told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.

Raids involving local, state and federal authorities have been going on for days in the Mendocino National Forest in remote, mountainous areas in Glenn, Colusa, Tehama, Mendocino, Lake and Trinity counties, according to the Tehama County Daily News.

Officials are beginning the massive cleanup of the sites, which have suffered environmental damage, the Daily News and Press-Democrat report.

The idea for the operation reportedly came after a public meeting in Covelo in north Mendocino County in 2010. Residents said that armed people had confronted them in and around the forest. Hikers and ranchers also said they had been shot at when they mistakenly walked into areas where marijuana was being grown, the Press-Democrat reports.

It's unclear who the growers might be.

Pot farms on national forests have been a problem in California and across the country for years.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/26/po ... ?hpt=hp_c2

Officials are beginning the massive cleanup of the sites, which have suffered environmental damage, the Daily News and Press-Democrat report.

Where is the Sierra Club??? Where is Bloomberg????

For anyone interested in this subject, Current TV has been running a two part documentary "Vanguard: Marijuana Wars" recently about the growing of marijuana by drug cartels on the CA side of the border. It is very informative. I've noticed that certain channels have been running all sorts of programs about the drug cartels in the past few months. They're all really good, yeah, I watched them all.