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 Ythan
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 22,000 Pot Plants Found Near Calaveras Reservoir [CA] 
#10509947 - 06/15/09 09:23 AM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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http://cbs5.com/local/alameda.sheriff.pot.2.1043948.html
22,000 Pot Plants Found Near Calaveras Reservoir
Jun 14, 2009 9:24 am US/Pacific
ALAMEDA CO. (BCN) ― Alameda County sheriff's deputies found more than 22,000 marijuana plants this week at the biggest outdoor growing operation the sheriff's office has ever encountered, a sergeant said Saturday.
About two weeks ago, a motorist east of Sunol on Cavaleras Road reported seeing a teenager wearing camouflage clothes run up a creek bed from the road, Sgt. Shawn Peterson said.
The sheriff's office launched an investigation, and on Thursday a marijuana eradication team found 24 inter-linked pot gardens, three campsites and three make-shift kitchens in the Calaveras Road area, on land that is owned by the San Francisco Water District and feeds the Calaveras Reservoir, Peterson said.
The team found 22,838 seedlings about 20 inches tall that were fed with a fresh water supply directly from two creeks on a ridge.
Two men in their late 20s were seen working in the garden and wearing woodland camouflage, and deputies attempted to take them into custody.
The two suspects ran, one dropping a loaded semi-automatic handgun during the chase, Peterson said. The suspects managed to evade capture by escaping through heavy brush and steep ravines, Peterson said.
The eradication team remained at the site all day Thursday and Friday, he said, and found tents, sleeping bags, numerous pesticides and bags of fertilizer.
Anyone with information regarding the pot farms or any other grow operations is asked to call Sgt. Shawn Peterson with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office at (510) 667-3633.
Peterson said last year deputies found about 7,000 plants during probably the second-biggest eradication they had encountered.
He said that in August, the 22,000 plants found Thursday might have been anywhere from 6 to 8 feet tall.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates the average street value of a mature pot plant to be around $3,000, according to the DEA Web site.
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Edited by veggie (06/15/09 10:58 AM)
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 TheMushaman
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 Re: 22,000 Pot Plants Found Near Calaveras Reservoir [CO] [Re: Ythan]
#10510235 - 06/15/09 10:33 AM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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Good old rocky mountain herb. They were smart about the camo, until that punk let the motorist see him. Interesting grow though, that's a bit north from me.
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pasucks
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Re: 22,000 Pot Plants Found Near Calaveras Reservoir [CO] [Re: TheMushaman]
#10522210 - 06/17/09 05:38 AM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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"Anyone with information regarding the pot farms or any other grow operations is asked to call Sgt. Shawn Peterson with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office at (510) 667-3633."
The only way to combat this is for everyone to call in giving bogus leads  same thing with the push out the pusher hot line, you start getting cops busting down grandmothers doors on the regular and that hot line will be history!
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: 22,000 Pot Plants Found Near Calaveras Reservoir [CA] [Re: Ythan]
#10525338 - 06/17/09 05:02 PM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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I found the pot farm on google maps, took about ten minutes. Maybe I'll check it out this winter when its safe(r).
I also noticed this airplane while looking for the farm.
Or maybe the farm I saw was another operation. Its hard to tell, there are so many out there.
Thanks to marijuana prohibition, its not safe to hike off trail in the summer and fall. Good thing the pot growers are off duty during mushroom season.
It sure is nice to see the drug war providing concrete benefits to the public!
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