Fifth District Mendocino County Supervisor Dan Hamburg on Tuesday publicly criticized Operation Full Court Press, a multi-agency push to oust drug cartels growing marijuana on public land in the six counties that share the Mendocino National Forest, calling it part of the failed war on drugs. “I think we all know that the war on drugs has failed. This is just another aspect of that,” Hamburg said, referring to the operation, which got under way July 15. “This is not a winnable fight … It’s going to come out somewhere else.” The issue came up [...]
Saying federal agencies aren’t doing enough to stop Mexican drug cartels from growing marijuana illegally on public lands, U.S. Rep. Wally Herger has drafted a resolution urging Congress to create a long-term solution to permanently dismantle the traffickers’ operations. “It’s important that Congress becomes aware how serious a problem it is in our national forests,” Herger told the Redding Record Searchlight. “It’s going to take a unified effort and a dedicated effort in coming up with a strategy that can permanently dismantle Mexican drug trafficking on federal lands. This is a federal responsibility.” Last week, [...]
Narcotics agents seized 1,300 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $1 million and arrested four men during a raid at an Ontario home used by a Mexican drug cartel, authorities said last week. The house raided during Wednesday’s bust in San Bernardino County was linked to a Mexican drug cartel, according to this story on a Los Angeles Times blog site. Authorities quoted in the article said the pot was grown in Mexico before being transported across the border for distribution in the U.S.
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