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VICTOR VALLEY, Calif. (VVNG.com) The Sheriffs Department just completed week 26 of Operation Hammer Strike and arrested 30 suspects between February 21, 2022, and February 27, 2022.Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), along with San Bernardino Sheriffs deputies from several different Patrol Stations, served 30 search warrants at various locations in Lucerne Valley, Twentynine Palms, Oak Hills, Upland, La Puente, Monterey Park, Alhambra, Newberry Springs, Walnut, Phelan, Pinon Hills, and Adelanto.
MET personnel had received numerous complaints about large outdoor and indoor marijuana cultivations in these areas.
Investigators seized 46,863 marijuana plants, 5,280 pounds of processed marijuana, 11 guns, and over $182,000.00 in cash. Investigators eradicated a total of 185 greenhouses found at these locations and ten indoor locations. Investigators mitigated two electrical bypasses at these locations.
Sheriffs officials said that over the last 6-months, investigators have served 588 search warrants, which resulted in the seizure of 668,299 marijuana plants, 111,268.8 pounds of processed marijuana, 203 guns, 30.7 pounds of concentrated marijuana, 92.8 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, 144 grams of meth and cocaine, and $2,399,595.00 in illegal narcotic sales proceeds. Investigators have mitigated 15 THC extraction labs and 28 electrical bypasses and have recovered seven stolen vehicles. A total of 4,124 greenhouses have been eradicated.
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Cleaning up the trash one grow at a time.
Lunabell
(5,920 posts)All for a green leaf. Shame.
WarGamer
(12,106 posts)Why invest large amounts of money in legal cultivation and retailing if TONS are still grown illegally and undercut your product?
It's not about the green leaf, it's about laws and tax money.
ripcord
(5,084 posts)They wait until the middle of the night to go hook up to fire hydrants to steal water, of course they don't use back flow devices so they are risking contaminating the water supply. We are losing so much water that we can't replace because of these lowlifes.
WarGamer
(12,106 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)Hekate
(90,195 posts)Let me remind those whove just tuned in: San Bernardino County is an enormous geographical area, lots of high desert, lots of dry land. It isnt Mayberry.
These growers steal and contaminate scarce water with unmetered hookups. They steal electricity with electrical bypasses that can be fire hazards. They also peddle meth, coke, and I guess whatever else people will buy. They block public roads and trails. They protect their investments with guns.
They have the opportunity to be legit, but the fact is, they would rather be criminals. They are not Robin Hood and his Merry Men. They arent Zorro.
I hope the Sheriff gets them all.
msongs
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