They found 1 opium poppy field. Then 7 more. Now it's the largest bust in California history


BY GABBY FERREIRA
gferreira@thetribunenews.com
May 31, 2018 09:42 AM
Updated 21 minutes ago

In mid-May, authorities discovered an acre of poppy fields in Monterey County.

By the end of the month, they carried out the largest known opium poppy bust in California history, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

"We know it's the biggest grow in California history and we believe it could be the biggest in the nation," sheriff's spokesman Cmdr. John Thornburg told the Monterey County Herald.

In a Facebook post, the agency announced that, in addition to the acre found at Moss Landing, they found seven more fields of the flowers in a span of three days. Five of the fields were in Royal Oaks and two were in Aromas.

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