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Villanueva: Antelope Valley Pot Raids Seized $1.19B in Marijuana
LOS ANGELES, Calif. A massive law-enforcement crackdown on illegal marijuana-grow operations in the Antelope Valley last month resulted in more than 130 arrests and the seizure of marijuana with a street value of more than $1.19 billion, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said July 7.
When the raids started June 8, Villanueva called them “the largest operation ever to take place in the history” of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and he repeated that assertion July 7.
He said the week-long effort resulted in the seizure of more than 16 tons of marijuana and 65 vehicles, including two water trucks. He said $28,000 in U.S. currency was seized, but that amount was solely that day’s payroll for the growers. According to the sheriff, 30 grow locations were flattened and 180 animals were rescued.
The problem is wide-ranging in the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles, officials said.
Authorities made 131 arrests and seized more than 33,000 pounds (14,969 kilograms) of harvested marijuana plants.
LOS ANGELES The largest illegal marijuana bust in Los Angeles County history –which netted 373,000 plants that would ultimately have been worth $1 billion on the street – eradicated only a fraction of the illicit grows in the Southern California high desert, authorities said Wednesday.
The problem is wide-ranging in the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles, officials said, and has grown tremendously during the coronavirus pandemic. Armed cartel members run massive illegal grows, some spanning dozens of greenhouses, that are detrimental to the state s legal marijuana market.
Marijuana bust: 16 tons of illegal marijuana, valued at $1.2B, seized in Antelope Valley
By Alexi Chidbachian
LA County Sheriff Villanueva details largest pot bust in county history
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva detailed the largest pot bust in the county s history during a news conference.
LOS ANGELES - A massive marijuana bust in the Antelope Valley resulted in 16 tons of illegal marijuana being seized.
It’s described as one of the largest marijuana eradication operations for the history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
During a press conference Wednesday, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the details from a multi-agency operation targeting illegal marijuana grows in the Antelope Valley.