Posted on 09/20/2008 9:59:32 AM PDT by AuntB
Yreka, Calif. - Siskiyou County Sheriff Rick Riggins said that approximately 100,000 marijuana plants were discovered at various garden locations in western Siskiyou County last week.
Involved in the discoveries were the Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Eradication Team, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s deputies, Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies, the United States Forest Service, the Department of Fish and Game, and the California Highway Patrol Air Division.
Riggins noted that a representative from the Fish and Game Department came along to assess the damage to the environment caused by marijuana operations. Riggins said that on Friday, the agencies involved discovered a garden in the Coon Creek area near Happy Camp which housed 73,272 plants and, as the team was leaving the area, they found four other sites, including a garden containing 24,738 marijuana plants.
The discovery of the other gardens, according to Riggins, was a reminder of how tough it is to find them. He said the area had been searched from the air a month ago, and the garden was not detected.
Riggins stated that this time of year is the harvesting point for marijuana, which is generally planted soon after the final frost. He added that harvest time is also one of the most dangerous times of the year because of the close temporal proximity to the actual sale of the finished product.
The value of the seized plants on the market would have been about $49 million, according to Riggins, who explained that each plant is assumed to yield about one pound of finished product, drawing a street value of about $5,000.
Riggins said that the agencies have been working hard to clean up marijuana gardens in the county. “Our guys have been working hard,” he said, “and Jackson County has been really helpful.”
So far this year, Siskiyou County law enforcement has confiscated over 200,000 marijuana plants. Statewide, Riggins said that different agencies have confiscated many more plants this year than last year.
According to Riggins, the importance of stopping these operations is that they generally fuel the production and dissemination of other drugs, including methamphetamine. Riggins stressed the importance of hunter awareness of the dangers surrounding marijuana operations, advising any hunters going out for the buck season starting next week to call the Sheriff’s Office if they find anything suspicious in the forest. This may include plants, suspicious persons or PVC pipes that are used to draw water to the gardens
See photos of these operations here: http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=invasion+800+miles
I get a daily report from a group of retired border agents. This story was one and here are some others for today.
Mexican cop pays the price for honest work -a great read on border law enforcement today-this 40 mi from San Diego http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080917/NEWS02/709179666 (this is a great read about a heroic Mexican police officer.
Border Patrol finds 2 tons of pot in two stolen vehicles-AZ
http://tiny.pl/84f2
Mexican Police Caught In Drug Wars' Crossfire -seeing a marked increase in border violence-grenades
http://tiny.pl/84fs
Cocaine smugglers turn to submarines -Each boat carried 7 tons of cocaine worth $196 million
http://tiny.pl/84fm
“We just smiled and waved....sittin’ on that sack of seeds....Y’all come back now y’hear?”
I feel safer now.
They never miss a chance to link weed with the hard stuff. Half the police force probably does it.
Getting ready for the game I see...
“Founding Fathers”
The first American law concerning marijuana was written at Jamestown in 1619, mandating the growth of Indian hemp. By 1730 most of the colonies had similar laws.
Our founding fathers farmed hemp for its oils, fiber, its many medicinal uses and its pleasures as recorded in George Washington’s diary, August 7, 1765: “— began to separate the male from the female hemp at Do — rather too late.” This is a practice related to drug potency and not fiber culture!
Thomas Jefferson, when an ambassador to France, smuggled the finest hemp seeds from Asia (hemp’s origin) to cultivate here in Virginia! He also wrote about the advantages of hemp over tobacco, in use, labor and for the sake of the land.
Today the constitutional rights these men inscribed are trampled upon in the war against citizens engaged in this very activity! In 1937 our government criminalized the entire hemp industry!
http://www.glenwoodsmith.com/hemphistorian/letter4.html
I volunteer to dispose of such plants... there is a method called slow burn. the entire plant loses it’s buds, then the stem are used for mulch.
Ever wonder why half the cops have shved heads,,,,, hair drug test,,,,
shved = shaved
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“Founding Fathers”
The first American law concerning marijuana was written at Jamestown in 1619, mandating the growth of Indian hemp. By 1730 most of the colonies had similar laws.
Our founding fathers farmed hemp for its oils, fiber, its many medicinal uses and its pleasures as recorded in George Washington’s diary, August 7, 1765: “— began to separate the male from the female hemp at Do — rather too late.” This is a practice related to drug potency and not fiber culture!
Thomas Jefferson, when an ambassador to France, smuggled the finest hemp seeds from Asia (hemp’s origin) to cultivate here in Virginia! He also wrote about the advantages of hemp over tobacco, in use, labor and for the sake of the land.
Today the constitutional rights these men inscribed are trampled upon in the war against citizens engaged in this very activity! In 1937 our government criminalized the entire hemp industry!
http://www.glenwoodsmith.com/hemphistorian/letter4.html";
You are correct, stockpirate. Hemp could go a long way to solving some of our energy problems. But we outlaw HEMP and allow well armed illegal alien foreign nationals to come in and plant drugs all over our national forests and parks.
Makes NO sense.
Never thought of that.
Bulldung
You make me laugh. Just because you treat weed as I treat alcohol is no indication that the younger, less settled, less income secure people also do so. People will abuse anything and everything given the right situation. Thank the guy upstairs that you haven’t been tempted to try meth or one of the other truly great drugs.
Great use of time and resources.
BS A nostril or ear hair is sufficient to do the test.
Valued at five grand per plant? Give me a break.
Do you thinks the scumbags growing pot plant are a bunch of flower children? It’s about the money. And the vermin are screwing up our national forests. Do you think it’s about the high?
No, Mexican drug cartels don’t tip the authorities to other grows. This is organized crime.
You should see these plants...12 to 15 feet tall.
>Great use of time and resources.<
A neighbor of mine who was killed by a young lady who ran a red light while she was stoned on pot would think so too. Not speeding or anything, in her own lane, she just didn’t see the red light which had changed some 25 seconds earlier.
The traffic crossing the intersection in front of her didn’t register either. Thank God she had the accident on the way to getting her kid from school and not on the return trip where the kid could have been killed too.
I am certain this will have no effect on your view of pot or using it an hour before you need to drive.
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