Some drug cartel just got owned hard! If they are going to do marijuana busts I'm glad they are finally starting to go after the right people instead of continuing to wage war on Americans.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americ...ust/index.html

(CNN) -- Authorities have seized $1 billion worth of marijuana plants and have arrested 82 Mexican nationals with ties to drug cartels in the first week and half of an effort to eradicate marijuana fields from California's Fresno County, the county sheriff's office said Wednesday.

Operation Save Our Sierra began July 13 and involves local, state and federal agencies working together to remove marijuana growing operations, investigate and arrest drug traffickers, and remove infrastructure on public lands in Fresno County, a news release said.


"This is a high-intensity drug trafficking area," U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske said in a phone interview. "I think what should be highlighted here is the local authorities' work to reclaim the land from the drug traffickers."


The 82 suspects arrested so far have links to Mexican drug cartels, local authorities said, though they did not release further details.


Eastern Fresno County, where the seizures have been made, is mountainous and sparsely populated. Growers exploit the area's streams, rivers and lakes to create elaborate drip lines for their plants. A mature plant can be worth $4,000, said Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims.
"Fresno County is roughly the size of Connecticut, and the drug traffickers target these areas because they know there is not that significant of a law-enforcement presence," Mims said. "The chances of getting caught are slim."


"The bottom line is our public lands are being destroyed by foreign drug trafficking and heavily armed Mexican cartels," George Anderson of the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday at a news conference highlighting the seizures.

The operation is the largest in Fresno County history and one of the largest in California, Mims said.


"What makes this operation unique is the approach: prevention, enforcement, eradication and reclamation," she said.
Intelligence gathered for the operation began in February, with community presentations about prevention. The effort is now focused on shutting down the at least 70 marijuana farms identified by local authorities.


The operation is expected to continue into November, when colder weather makes marijuana growing more difficult.


At least 330,000 marijuana plants have been seized, Mims said.


"This shows what can be accomplished at the local level when agencies work together," Kerlikowske said.


Kerlikowske, who flew to Fresno County on Wednesday and toured a marijuana farm, said his office is one of the primary sponsors of the operation.

lol @ 4grand a plant

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Yep. Lol @ cop math. Inflated numbers to boost their egos/stats.

more like 8 grand, lol. IMG_1928.jpg

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fdd i love your sig's haha

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damn that's rich.

yeah, y'all should check out my £25K grow, if i could find a punter to pick up my girls for 5K a piece, does that make it street value? uhhhuh, as said, gotta love cop math and their ego hunting

i don't get it. the cops math is correct, or did i miss something.

a good plant can yield 1 to 3 pounds. outdoor averages between $2000 and $2500 a pound, and up. you do the math. they said "a mature plant CAN BE worth $4,000". that is a perfectly true statement.

this isn't even "street value". this is wholesale.

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exactly! we are talking outdoor math. not ur indoor with a big yield being 4 oz. a plant, or one pound LEO math. $4000 could be an average number, especialy with an irrigation system, which they had.

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my bad, bit frazzled and glossed over and got caught up in a classic pig hunt