Police in Fairfield, California were joined last month by the Code Enforcement Unit, Patrol, and the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) in uncovering three indoor illegal cannabis grows, KRON4 reports. The effort was a joint operation between the DCC and Fairfield Police Department’s Special Operations Team, Code Enforcement Unit, and Patrol.
Fairfield PD said on Friday in a statement released on social media that the operation uncovered 2,624 illegally grown plants and officials issued fines totaling $1,313,000 to the illegal grows. The fines covered violations of city municipal codes covering construction, health and safety violations, and the illegal possession of cannabis for sale.
“During the investigation officers discovered CO2 tanks, hazardous materials, illegal construction, exposed and melting electrical wiring, and unknown chemicals.” — Fairfield PD statement, via Facebook
Meanwhile, last week, the governor’s office announced that law enforcement units in the state had conducted operations near two state parks, eradicating thousands of pounds of illegally grown cannabis and seizing illegal firearms including ghost guns and assault weapons.
Officers ultimately found and destroyed 3,684 plants at three different grow sites near Saddleback Butte State Park in Antelope Valley and 1,572 plants at two different grow sites near Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Allensworth.
Participating agencies in the state park operations included the DCC, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, the California Department of Justice, California State Parks, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the California National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, and the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office.
The Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce (UCETF) this year has seized over $120 million in illegal cannabis products, including more than 73,000 pounds of unlicensed cannabis, and has eradicated more than 122,000 illegal cannabis plants during its enforcement actions.
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