CHP finds massive illegal cannabis operation in Oakland | KTVU

The Department of Cannabis Control says they received word from CHP investigators last Tuesday that an Oakland warehouse contained illegal cannabis plants valued at more than $20-million.

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50 Comments

  1. @briancastronovo6007 on May 7, 2025 at 10:22 am

    Lame

  2. @user-wo7rp6bc6t on May 7, 2025 at 10:22 am

    It’s the Chinese

  3. @robertvillareal9092 on May 7, 2025 at 10:25 am

    Oh! Well, it’s everywhere!

  4. @cdracing on May 7, 2025 at 10:25 am

    Seeds rule.

  5. @catfishman9516 on May 7, 2025 at 10:26 am

    Stop worrying about all the hard working Hispanics and start worrying about Chinese organized crime in this country. It’s Chinese people always getting “caught” doing these illegal grows. Meanwhile American citizens have to play by the rules constantly. Not fair really.

  6. @jasperhart1188 on May 7, 2025 at 10:26 am

    Bs. They use all that in med grows.

  7. @Burnt_old_Bob on May 7, 2025 at 10:26 am

    however they are not concerned about actual drugs as they have turned the surrounding area into what resembles the sketchy parts of tijuana .. good protecting that 30 percent retail tax guys 🤦🏼‍♂️

  8. @DogPrinctz on May 7, 2025 at 10:31 am

    Did they find the stolen items?

  9. @ToddLewman on May 7, 2025 at 10:32 am

    Always an exaggerated street level price 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  10. @BoomBoom-oh1wq on May 7, 2025 at 10:32 am

    Hahaha they got some maths wrong 😂😂😂

  11. @Orko-y4z on May 7, 2025 at 10:33 am

    There grow show wasn’t even done properly LOL

  12. @wecameinHell on May 7, 2025 at 10:34 am

    🙄😪

  13. @antoniocorona6508 on May 7, 2025 at 10:37 am

    It was oakfruitland

  14. @hillpunk92 on May 7, 2025 at 10:37 am

    Who cares. I just feel bad for the growers. That’s a lot of work.

  15. @markbryner2214 on May 7, 2025 at 10:37 am

    The church did it.

  16. @CarlosMiller-Ponce on May 7, 2025 at 10:38 am

    They got a search warrant for stolen property tahst why

  17. @JoMo-s2e on May 7, 2025 at 10:39 am

    Another asian crime….

  18. @danksinatra408 on May 7, 2025 at 10:40 am

    20 million😂😂😂

  19. @Ofminnesota on May 7, 2025 at 10:42 am

    The legal market buys from home growers , how do they check those plants?

  20. @marcocervantes909 on May 7, 2025 at 10:42 am

    It looks like my uncle’s house

  21. @bigpoppa800 on May 7, 2025 at 10:44 am

    all those plants……..were killed 🙁

  22. @Drew-l9j on May 7, 2025 at 10:47 am

    I bet a few bills it was Asian owned 1:46 proves it

  23. @mattaylor8935 on May 7, 2025 at 10:48 am

    It’s Illegal because it’s real marijuana and not GMO

  24. @KevinS19856 on May 7, 2025 at 10:49 am

    CHP does robbery now. lol because the cops are too dumb to use google translate the pesticide it’s make them illegal?

  25. @daddywick on May 7, 2025 at 10:51 am

    It’s also 100 not under what the warrant was for so it will be a huge lawsuit

  26. @josemejia9349 on May 7, 2025 at 10:53 am

    Hey Man! Pots legal in California!!

  27. @MistaAmazin on May 7, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Robbing those hard working people who helped their community…then robbing the public by wasting tax payers dollars SMDH 🙄🤦🏾‍♂️

  28. @SlimJimIce80 on May 7, 2025 at 10:56 am

    Haha $20 million?!?! Maybe $200k at best

  29. @corywebb5537 on May 7, 2025 at 10:56 am

    Now they can steal it and resell it

  30. @snowmanrainmaker on May 7, 2025 at 10:56 am

    20 million estimation sounds like to me they’re smoking something that’s way off maybe 2 million at the most!

  31. @CarlosMiller-Ponce on May 7, 2025 at 10:57 am

    They must have had 5 years of investiation and no permit

  32. @starbornhitz122 on May 7, 2025 at 10:58 am

    Cheech & Chong 🤣💯🤣💯

  33. @BiGMaac50 on May 7, 2025 at 10:58 am

    This is only 1% of the farms in Oakland, wake up

  34. @constitutionallyconscious165 on May 7, 2025 at 10:58 am

    How did they find that on the Highway?
    CHP needs to stop being the States enforcers.

  35. @stuwest3653 on May 7, 2025 at 10:58 am

    Immature clones are worth about $10 a piece.
    There is nowhere near 1 million in plants much less 20 million.

  36. @RichardFranciskovich on May 7, 2025 at 10:58 am

    Chinese

  37. @tsellman4414 on May 7, 2025 at 10:59 am

    Thats nothing oaktown has thousands of huge grows lol what a joke

  38. @richardpaiz7783 on May 7, 2025 at 10:59 am

    Always have to take at least 3 zeros off what the police say it’s all worth

  39. @joshuarinehart8910 on May 7, 2025 at 11:01 am

    The legal market is money for government. We are over taxed so only foreign cartels can afford to grow or government

  40. @loopedfractal on May 7, 2025 at 11:03 am

    The cannabis in dispensaries is not organic

  41. @Ron-pv2of on May 7, 2025 at 11:08 am

    Shame on these people, not paying the "Government Cartel"

  42. @ahmondeboxley2950 on May 7, 2025 at 11:10 am

    If you was looking for stolen why go inside aa building stop lying and jus tell the truth some one snitch

  43. @CatLoverx900 on May 7, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Thaos nephews warehouse. City dems knew about it.

  44. @gingercheyene on May 7, 2025 at 11:11 am

    They’re very very concerned about missing out on tax monies they can steal. BE HONEST!!

  45. @Youdontparty on May 7, 2025 at 11:14 am

    Who knows what they could be ingesting…As we eat FDA approved poison every single day😂

  46. @michaelheerdt6845 on May 7, 2025 at 11:15 am

    Do fbi ever bust big pharma? Or do they pay the police off?

  47. @EstSideMelody on May 7, 2025 at 11:16 am

    All the rn who clicked on this video to see hypothetically how one would facilitate a 20 m dollar grow op. For research purposes only, of course.

  48. @notagain-jt2su on May 7, 2025 at 11:16 am

    This is NOT AN ILLEGAL GROW. Federal law states THC-a is legal. There is no THC in that entire grow. Sue that police department, sue the state, you will 100% win!

  49. @leonardfleming723 on May 7, 2025 at 11:18 am

    Wow, those plants look terrifying, I’m going to have nightmares…

  50. @Ofminnesota on May 7, 2025 at 11:18 am

    Oooo someone forgot to cut in the county😂. Its all coming to minnesota😂

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