113 Illegal Marijuana Greenhouses Eradicated In Week 2 of Operation Hammer Strike

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Week 2 of Operation Hammer Strike resulted in 23 warrants served, 41 suspects arrested, and 113 greenhouses eradicated.

Operation Hammer Strike, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s name for their current efforts to rid the High Desert communities of San Bernardino from illegal marijuana grows, is in week two of operations. Hammer Strike started at the beginning of September as an additional four Marijuana Enforcement Teams began serving warrants along with the one existing Team.

This week, between September 6, 2021, and September 10, 2021, investigators from the Marijuana Enforcement Team and several Sheriff’s deputies served a total of 23 search warrants in high desert communities, including Hesperia, Phelan, Twentynine Palms, Newberry Springs, and Lucerne Valley. These search warrants were primarily the result of numerous complaints from residents of these rural areas about large outdoor marijuana cultivations.

Eleven of the 23 locations where sheriffs served warrants were in Phelan. Forty-one suspects were arrested from the various locations, with 12 of the suspects from Phelan. Sheriff’s seized 21,002 marijuana plants, 5,628 pounds of processed marijuana, nine guns, over $9000 in cash, 6.2 ounces of psilocybin mushrooms, 1.7 ounces of cocaine, a stolen motorcycle, three stolen RV trailers, and a stolen trailer-mounted generator. According to the Sheriff’s Department, one electrical bypass and one THC extraction lab were mitigated, and 113 greenhouses were found at these locations.

I live in Phelan and it is nice that we are finally getting some action, there are over 1000 illegal grows in the area. The water theft is getting worse and the grows and their armed bullies really need to go.

[msongs]

1. legal pot is artificially over priced so gangs are filling the need nt

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2. I'm glad they got the place by us, we reported it repeatedly

I wonder how happy you would be to have them set up near you?

[Lochloosa]

14. I would guess it feels like having a meth house next to you.

With all the chems etc.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

3. Agreed

Until banks can lend to them, this is not a legit business model.

[msongs]

6. I remember when a baggie (lid) cost $10 and seemed outrageously pricey nt

[airplaneman]

12. And it was a true three finger ounce too n/t.

[SergeStorms]

15. Because most of it...

was seeds and stems. I remember.

You didn't get 3 fingers of sticky buds, I know that.

[moonscape]

13. And it was, to my 60's student self. That $10 would

be about $80 today. My budget was =tight=!

[SergeStorms]

5. Probably a lot of cartel operations...

although I'm sure there were a fair share of local "get rich quick" dudes as well. The cartels usually try to "persuade" them to cease operating though. The old, "plata o plomo" discussion usually did the trick.

[questionseverything]

7. I am sure the cops are driving past the meth /crack houses to bust pot growers

It’s probably the same cops selling the competing drugs wanting the pot gone

[multigraincracker]

8. There is only one way to slow illegal grows.

Lower prices on legal products. Lower prices equal less profits for illegal grows. There is no shortage of those that can and will grow the product. Make more legal, so those that wish to grow make a legal living.

[panader0]

9. I rec'd this not because I don't smoke weed. I also don't care that they had small amounts

of other stuff.
I am growing, legally, this year. But these people were stealing water and growing on land they didn't own.
In some areas they damage the environment and leave a lot of garbage. I like weed, I don't like this way to go about it.

[ripcord]

16. This is what it looks like when they move on.

[miyazaki]

10. Hammertime!

My buddy in northern Joshua Tree is bailing. He's surrounded by illegal grows, air bnb, hip camp, and an army of star-gazing yogi douche-bags. Though the space they mostly gaze into is cyberspace.

[Demovictory9]

11. 1000 illegal grows! wow

[Bucky]

17. Thank God!! We must purge Satan's Tobacco from our streets

Thank God 🙏 for giving us weed sniffin' dogs
His wonders to perform

[Bucky]

18. "Plus nine guns"

This is truly terrifying!!! Can you imagine the havoc in our streets if nine, count 'em, NINE guns had continued to haunt the public sphere?!

[Hekate]

19. I'm glad they're making progress. I note that a bunch of people just don't get that 1,000 illegal ...

… illegal grows in the desert means a lot of stolen water (it’s a desert, people), and a lot of thugs with guns protecting their investment. It is not some frickin joke. You do not want to be the person getting lost down that road.

If you think the legal stuff is too expensive, I don’t know what to tell you except you could investigate what it costs to run a business with a storefront and employees and taxes. Oh, and the legal sellers have to actually pay for their water and electricity.

[ripcord]

20. Thank you

Many people are very ignorant as to the effects of these illegal grows have on the environment and the locals. It seems strange to me that liberals get all worked up when businesses fail to get the proper permits and blast businesses that harm the environment, unless that business is cannabis then large numbers of liberals will defend them, seems hypocritical to me.

[Nittersing]

21. Glad to read this!

No matter what you're growing, water theft is gonna get worse. Scary stuff.

[fescuerescue]

22. The war on drugs must be continued

otherwise lots of cops and judges wouldn't have jobs.