Last Friday 06-22-07 law enforcement officials
on the other side of the river in Calaveras
County made a bui discovery that
resulted in Deputies from the Calaveras County Narcotic Enforcement Unit and Federal Agents from the
Bureau Of Land Management serving a search warrant onto land located near
Highway 26 in the Mokelumne
River Canyon.
Deputies discovered and then removed over 3600 marijuana plants from the area,
and had observed one Hispanic male adult running from the area during the
investigation. It is believed that several persons had been living inside of
the Marijuana Garden. Although the marijuana plants were not fully grown, it is
believed that the plants were being tended to on a daily basis. If each plant
had been allowed to grow until maturity, each plant could have produced over
2,500 lbs of marijuana, which would have resulted in a crop valued at
over 9 million dollars.
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