Huge cannabis raids in Mendo county CA yesterday, politicly motivated

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Ysterday’s multi-agency marijuana raid at Island Mountain was aimed and directed at people currently active in the political action group California Cannabis Voice-Humboldt (CCVH), the group’s executive director, Richard Marks, confirmed this morning. While Marks declined to identify the people impacted by the raid, he suggested they were central to the group’s management. “There might be some heavy restructuring going on in this organization,” he said. The multi-site raid, conducted by members of the Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino county sheriff’s offices, was expected to yield as much as 100,000 plants, according to early reports. And a press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said deputies expected to find “situations of water diversion, water theft and environment degradation.” But as of this morning only 8,000 plants had been eradicated, a far difference from the earliest reports. Marks, however, suggested that law enforcement was targeting the wrong people. “I’m waiting to hear more from Sheriff’s Department on why they decided to target private [property] owners,” he said. “We have been more than public and vocal that we’re against trespass grows, water diversions, pesticide use and illegal grading of properties. And we would applaud the Sheriff’s Office to continue those efforts to eradicate those farms. But why they decided to choose private property owners that were trying to come into compliance — we’re a little bit disappointed.” Marks said CCVH leadership is nervous.


https://mendonews.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/update-island-mountain-para-military-marjijuana-raids-politically-motivated/