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Busted Indoor Marijuana Grows May Be Organization
Posted by FoM on March 10, 2001 at 11:17:26 PT
By James Tressler, The Times-Standard
Source: Times-Standard
Tuesday's drug raids in Humboldt and Mendocino counties made a major dent in an illegal pot growing organization, said Special Agent Joycelyn Barnes, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department on Friday.Tuesday's bust, in which more than 100 local, state and federal drug agents made a dawn raid on 11 different locations, was targeted at indoor operations. Federal crackdowns on outdoor growers in the past decade have forced many growers inside. 
This move actually increased their output because they can run year-round, Barnes said. Barnes said all of the different locations may be part of some kind of organization, but not a traditionally set up organization. There may be a person at the top financially who buys land and brokers it to other people, who in turn set up their own operations. As of Friday, drug agents had searched 18 locations in Humboldt and Mendocino County. Six of these were residences and the rest were facilities located in remote areas, Barnes said. More than 30,000 marijuana plants were seized, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, automatic weapons, generators, three All-Terrain Vehicles, three Harley Davidson motorcycles and one fishing boat. Four people have been arrested, two of those from Humboldt County. Bria and Zachary Stone's Redway home was raided as well as a facility the couple owns in Salmon Creek. The couple was arrested on weapons and cultivation charges. About 1700 marijuana plants were found at the Salmon Creek residence.In a telephone interview from her San Francisco office, Barnes said the Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration is continuing to investigate and there may be more arrests. She said she couldn't speculate on how much of an effect the bust will have on marijuana-traffic in the state. California still leads the nation in the number of indoor and outdoor marijuana-growing operations, Barnes said.Complete Title: Busted Indoor Marijuana Facilities May be Part of OrganizationSource: Times-Standard (CA)Author: James Tressler, The Times-StandardPublished: March 10, 2001Copyright: 2001 The Times-StandardAddress: 930 Sixth St. Eureka, CA 95501Fax: 707-441-0501Contact: letters times-standard.comWebsite: http://www.times-standard.com/Feedback: http://www.times-standard.com/AngEuk_feedback.asp?Related Articles:29,518 Pot Plants Seized Near Laytonville http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread8951.shtmlRaids Reveal Fake Homes Filled with Marijuana Farmhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread8919.shtmlMarijuana Farms Funded With Meth Lab Proceedshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread8901.shtmlPatton of Pot - 60 Minutes IIhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread8656.shtml 
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Comment #1 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on March 10, 2001 at 13:52:05 PT:
Unforseen Costs of the War on Drugs
"three All-Terrain Vehicles"Pretty soon, those ATV's are going to belong to LEO's whose 10 years olds will crash them, without helmets, suffering traumatic brain injury. They will be new casulties of the War on Drugs.
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