Cannabis heist in Monterey County busted by deputies; 9 arrested
Authorities on California's Central Coast arrested nine people, including a juvenile, after busting a burglary in-progress at a cannabis grow house early Monday morning.
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Authorities on California's Central Coast arrested nine people, including a juvenile, after busting a burglary in-progress at a cannabis grow house early Monday morning.
Nearly $57 million in illegal cannabis was seized during enforcement operations that took place in the Bay Area and Southern California last month, state officials said.
A three-month crackdown on illegal cannabis grows across California has led to the seizure of more than 66 tons of cannabis plants worth more than $200 million, according to state officials.
More than 200 pounds of cannabis was seized and a driver was arrested following a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Berkeley during the Monday evening commute, authorities said.
Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said eight people were arrested and more than 20,000 cannabis plants were eradicated in raids targeting illegal growing operations on public lands across the state.
Police in San Jose arrested five people and seized multiple controlled substances, including cannabis, mushrooms and nitrous oxide, following a bust of several smoke shops in East San Jose last week.
Authorities in the Sierra Foothills said they took down an allegedly illegal cannabis growing operation last week, seizing plants worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
California Highway Patrol officers in the East Bay said they arrested the driver of a U-Haul rental box truck and seized more than one ton of cannabis, following a crash on Interstate 580 last week.
More than $20 million in illegal cannabis has been seized from a West Oakland warehouse following a joint operation by the California Highway Patrol and the state's Department of Cannabis Control (DCC).
Officers with the Dublin office of the California Highway Patrol on Thursday night made a speeding stop on Interstate 580 in Livermore that led to a major marijuana bust netting 370 pounds of weed.
Wednesday morning in East Contra Costa County, state agents made the latest in a series of cannabis grow-house raids in residential areas across the region that are all owned by Chinese nationals.
Authorities in Mendocino County on Monday announced details of a massive operation targeting illegal cannabis grows, saying that 30,000 plants were seized at more than a dozen sites last month.
Oakland police are investigating an unlicensed smoke shop in East Oakland where officers seized several illegal products earlier this week, including cartons of banned tobacco products from out of state and nearly 10 pounds of marijuana bud.
Authorities in the East Bay have busted an illegal cannabis operation last week at a location in East Oakland last week, seizing millions of dollars worth of plants.
Authorities in California's Central Valley say they've found dozens of people working and living in "horrible" conditions at an illegal marijuana plant.
Four people were arrested after police in Santa Clara checking on a report of suspicious activity at a vacant home found an active marijuana growing operation.
More than $3 million in cannabis, along with cash and firearms, were seized from a warehouse in Livermore earlier this month, according to authorities.
Two people were arrested, several firearms and marijuana were seized following a traffic stop in Concord, police said Thursday.
Authorities seized nearly $4 million in cannabis plants from several homes in a bust of illegal growing operations in Antioch, authorities said.
