An Oregon State Police detective was honored for his work on a marijuana investigation that resulted in what could be the largest seizure of dried and processed illicit marijuana ever seen in the Unit.
On Tuesday, Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler testified before a committee in the Oregon Legislature that the crime rate associated with the thousands of illegal marijuana farms that have sprung u.
Police in Oregon said that they have seized 250 tons of illegal marijuana from several industrial warehouses in White City. They arrested at least 100 people.
During the operation, which spanned over two days, an epic amount of illegal, processed marijuana and a firearm were seized. The DES Team’s conservative estimation on the amount of processed marijuana seized was approximately 500,000 lbs.