A combined effort between the County Narcotic Enforcement Team, or ACCNET, and various other local law enforcement agencies has resulted in the eradication of an illegal commercial marijuana cultivation site in a remote area of Amador County, east of Fiddletown. The site was raided on August 21st by ACCNET agents in cooperation with the Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team. ACCNET had identified the cultivation site while conducting reconnaissance in that area. ACCNET conducted surveillance of the location and determined the site was being tended to by a Mexican national drug trafficking organization. A nearby property owner also reported hearing gunfire from the canyon during the past few weeks. The Amador County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team were utilized to secure the cultivation site due to the probability of encountering armed cultivators. No suspects were found at the location. The eradicated marijuana was extracted from the cultivation site. A total of 5,729 marijuana plants were collected from seven separate but inter-connected plots. The investigation is ongoing. This is the third commercial marijuana cultivation site seized by ACCNET this year. All of the growing locations so far have been tended to by a Mexican national drug trafficking organization.