The Amador County Combined Narcotic Enforcement Team, or ACCNET, has announced the latest in a series of illegal drug busts in Amador County. On Tuesday, August 12, ACCNET, assisted by the Amador County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, eradicated an illegal commercial marijuana cultivation site on private property located near Highway 88 and Buena Vista Road in Ione. ACCNET had received information about the marijuana cultivation site in July and conducted surveillance of the location. Surveillance revealed that the cultivation was being tended to by a Mexican national drug trafficking organization. The Amador County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team was utilized to secure the grow site from possibly armed growers. No suspects were found at the location, but a small camp with fresh food and ammunition was discovered. A total of 800 marijuana plants were eradicated from four separate garden sites. Later that same day, ACCNET Agents eradicated a separate marijuana cultivation site located on private property near Lower Jackson Valley Road and Highway 88. A total of 31 marijuana plants, some reaching as high as 9-feet tall, were confiscated from the location. A suspect believed to be involved in this grow has been identified and both investigations are ongoing.