Reply #27: I agree. These people are scary. They are in and around [View All]

[SiouxJ]

the area I live in in north central AZ. So far they have found two massive operations here. It was in our local paper last night that they found another crop in a remote area of the forest. The scary thing is, they are armed and highly organized. The forestry service has been warning hikers and hunters to be careful as these people won't hesitate to kill in order to keep their crops a secret. So far it has been hikers that have stumbled upon these operations.

The other bad thing is, they totally trash the forest where they grow it. They clear cut and dump pesticides, weed killer and fertilizer in the nearby streams. Forestry officials have described the sites as a complete mess.

The smugglers have discovered that it is easier and cheaper to just grow it right here. They pay groups of people to run their operations and these people are walking around with automatic weapons with orders to do whatever is necessary to protect the crop.

Now you can't even go hiking and feel safe around here. They should just legalize it and end this crap for once and for all.

on edit: I couldn't find the article from my local paper on line, but I found this one from Tucson: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0923potfarm23-ON.html