A massive, six county marijuana eradication operation aimed at ridding the Mendocino National Forest of illegal pot cultivation is in full swing, Mendocino County officials have confirmed.
As of Monday, the multi-agency law enforcement operation had yielded about 292,000 plants and 77 arrests, said Michelle Gregory, a Department of Justice spokeswoman.
(via pressdemocrat)
15 pounds of high-grade, vacuum-packed marijuana. (src)
Working hard
“Someone called Det. Sgt. Pittman and alerted him to the possibility of marijuana growing in a wooded area on the Sally Freeman Road,” Sheriff Holley said. “Some officers went out to check out the tip and found marijuana growing in the area.” (src)
Police in Brazil have discovered 10 tons of marijuana after battling drug dealers in the country’s sprawling slums in Rio de Janeiro. Gabriel Elizondo of Al Jazeera was there when police made one of their biggest seizures.
This is what 100 tons of cannabis looks like on fire. (src)
The marijuana was found in tractor trailers and houses during raids in three neighbourhoods of Tijuana. (src)
Mexican authorities have been burning what they say is their biggest haul of marijuana, with an estimated street value of about $435m (£275m). It will take two days to burn all the drugs. (src)
Soldiers unload 134 tonnes of marijuana to be incinerated at the military base Morelos in Tijuana, October 20, 2010.
‘They were in some of the best hunting areas I know,’ says one hunter; ‘Grave concern over the threat to public safety,’ says a WDFW official. (src)
3500 hits of LSD seized in Savannah, GA. (src)
1200 pounds of marijuana seized in Kentucky. (src)
1500 pounds of Marijuana seized in Indiana. (src)
Multi-colored bricks of marijuana.
(Source: Boston.com)
Coordination of Special Resources (CORE) policemen escort arrested alleged drug dealers and carry a marijuana plant seized during the raid in the Morro do Alemão shantytown on November 28, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro.
Do you really need two dozen cops to arrest two barefoot dudes and confiscate a single plant?
