Illegal pot farms in Northern California's Emerald Triangle facing raids

Three Northern California counties have been ground zero for the state’s pot production for decades. Illegal grows are hidden on federal lands and often run by Mexican drug cartels. Now that the state is regulating cannabis they’re on notice to clean-up their act, or shut down. Full story here: https://abc7ne.ws/2yzgNEO.

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32 Comments

  1. @williamcassone9290 on April 16, 2024 at 9:09 am

    OLD TIME GROWERS DO NO REALTHE LAND LIKE THAT IT IS THE CARTELS THAT DESTROY THE LAND



  2. @smokeymcbongwater3561 on April 16, 2024 at 9:09 am

    Fuckery



  3. @dealit3370 on April 16, 2024 at 9:11 am

    Dirty Hippies and their evil dope !!



  4. @tcobuttsmellystench3236 on April 16, 2024 at 9:13 am

    Throw them in the slammer! Good, NO mexico drug cartel in USA California. We don’t want that here. I’m not even white. Tell them go back to Mexico!



  5. @empressrighteousness8156 on April 16, 2024 at 9:18 am

    NO THEY ARE TAKING LEGAL PERMITTED GROWS TOO!!!!!!!!!!



  6. @randylal7646 on April 16, 2024 at 9:18 am

    I would hid that 3 mill not by the plants cmon you guys



  7. @JeffreyGillespie on April 16, 2024 at 9:20 am

    These reports are HILARIOUS. Bunch of squares talking about .5% of the actual operations and playing up their enforcement because it pays for their jobs. lol



  8. @mendonesiac on April 16, 2024 at 9:21 am

    How many times did they show the same pile of garbage at the pot grow, and then show an extremely quick flyover of a recently logged area? There’s no question that the forrests are being trashed, but let’s keep it in perspective.



  9. @f22raptrraptor4 on April 16, 2024 at 9:23 am

    I love how the story points to Mexican drug cartels growing but in the exact same piece they show mug shots of 3 whites lol
    1:05
    PS: use that seized 3 million and clean up that mess



  10. @MrGTO-ze7vb on April 16, 2024 at 9:23 am

    Yes.. Mexican Drug Cartels … find them and LOCK EM UP..!!



  11. @masonb6263 on April 16, 2024 at 9:24 am

    that mf reporter is no joke my fucking father LMAO πŸ’€πŸ˜‚ hey, daddio, good shit, dawg πŸ’―



  12. @smokeymcbongwater3561 on April 16, 2024 at 9:26 am

    Its leaking. Toxic shit for a year and thay didnt clean it up after the bust fuckery. But thay make a news report about it



  13. @BiGBoNeZ on April 16, 2024 at 9:29 am

    It’s πŸƒ πŸ’© that bad growers are giving GR8 farmers bad names smh IF Your finna grow cannabis at minimum take care of the wildlife/environment idgaf about having a black market "non compliant grow," what i care about is harming our national parks, our wildlife, & beautiful wilderness with hazardous waste, toxins, & illegal chemicals that are damaging our forests and killing our precious & priceless wildlife!



  14. @jmaster4135 on April 16, 2024 at 9:40 am

    Decriminalization would cure this. Allow people to grow thier own with no problems and the price goes down so its not worth selling anymore.



  15. @a.boss.__09 on April 16, 2024 at 9:41 am

    Woww near a samon area



  16. @strikerone6991 on April 16, 2024 at 9:42 am

    What did they do with the $3 million? A little bonus?



  17. @ruffhausmalinois on April 16, 2024 at 9:44 am

    What about the bodies?



  18. @HerbGrowingLegal716 on April 16, 2024 at 9:46 am

    Here is how you fix it : regulate it like tomatoes πŸ…



  19. @user-lr2dl9mn4z on April 16, 2024 at 9:46 am

    Now it’s grown by the Hmong people from Minneapolis.



  20. @calife9622 on April 16, 2024 at 9:47 am

    Yeah you take all the cannabis all the natural shit That can decompose And you leave all the trash you guys how stupid



  21. @williamcassone9290 on April 16, 2024 at 9:51 am

    THE MEX CARTELS ARE BAD



  22. @normkelley8715 on April 16, 2024 at 9:51 am

    The feds NEED to ban it, all pot has done is create a place where a large CRIMINAL empire to thrive and DESTROY lands communities and property values and FAMILY values prop 215 was pushed through by DIRTY POLITICIANS AND THE CARTELS WHO PAID THEM OFF TO MAKE IT HAPPEN



  23. @aarongarcia1101 on April 16, 2024 at 9:53 am

    This is all bs, like the logging industry isn’t doing the absolute devastating damage.



  24. @richard420grampsmemmel9 on April 16, 2024 at 9:53 am

    Ya kept showing the same camp site and it was from a few years ago. I want to know why hasn’t it been cleaned it up. I guess because they can still making money on trash Dam blood suckers! ✌️



  25. @technokaguya on April 16, 2024 at 9:55 am

    notice they say legal ones are ok. illegal one cause no more impact on the earth than legal one indoor ones actually impact the earth more than one next to some salmon



  26. @roycebennett2778 on April 16, 2024 at 9:57 am

    Should have left the hippies alone up there prohibition caused criminals to fill the void once they run the hippies off



  27. @k2canine557 on April 16, 2024 at 9:57 am

    Well when the finish raiding a place they should clean up afterwards. They love to go in and destroy someone’s home for no reason. Maybe it’s time they learn that their actions have consequences.



  28. @starrider4878 on April 16, 2024 at 9:58 am

    A corporate criminal enterprise would rape the earth. We see you Corporate devils.



  29. @jimmyrawls2411 on April 16, 2024 at 10:01 am

    They are growed bye the cop’s and wildlife



  30. @askfadzean on April 16, 2024 at 10:02 am

    such bullshit.. aalso seized 3mill cash n invest 2.5 into more programs?.. lol



  31. @rickwhite9748 on April 16, 2024 at 10:03 am

    Seems like the government doesn’t care about the chemicals and garbage either, after 2 years it’s still there, they’re just eliminating the competition.



  32. @kentparadis4264 on April 16, 2024 at 10:05 am

    Geez lucky there are no 600 pound African lions there.