Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP)
🇺🇸 United States · Anti-narcotics agency · 25 reports
- People arrested
- 804
- Plants destroyed
- 23,973,573
- Cannabis seized
- 191.428 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Man arrested at SFO over 80 kg cannabis sale robbery near Ukiah
A Georgia man was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on 4 November 2026 over an armed robbery that grew out of a cannabis sale near Ukiah. Sheriff's detectives seized about 177 pounds (80 kg) of packaged cannabis from the van he abandoned at a Hopland gas station.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 80.2857 kgCalifornia CAMP seized nearly a million plants in the 2022 season
Attorney General Rob Bonta said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting eradicated nearly a million illegally grown plants and seized more than 200,000 pounds of processed cannabis in 449 operations during the 2022 season, recovering 184 weapons. The seasonal program becomes the year-round EPIC task force.
Plants destroyed 973,984Cannabis 90.718 tCalifornia CAMP eradicated 1.2 million plants in the 2021 season
Attorney General Rob Bonta said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting removed nearly 1.2 million illegally grown plants and over 180,000 pounds of processed marijuana in 491 operations across 26 counties during the 2021 season, seizing 165 weapons.
Plants destroyed 1,200,000Cannabis 81.647 tCalifornia CAMP eradicated 1.1 million plants in the 2020 season
Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting removed more than 1.1 million illegally grown plants at 455 sites across 29 counties during the 2020 season, with 140 arrests and 174 weapons seized.
Arrested 140Plants destroyed 1,100,000Cannabis 18.597 tCalifornia CAMP eradicated 953,459 cannabis plants in the 2019 season
Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting removed 953,459 illegally grown plants in 345 raids across 35 counties during the 2019 season, with 148 arrests and 168 weapons seized.
Arrested 148Plants destroyed 953,459California CAMP eradicated 614,267 cannabis plants in the 2018 season
Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting removed 614,267 illegally grown plants in more than 254 raids across 40 counties during the 2018 season, with 52 arrests and 110 weapons seized. The take was less than half the 1.26 million plants of 2017, which his office partly blamed on wildfires.
Arrested 52Plants destroyed 614,267Sequoia grower gets 8 years for 16,000-plant forest operation
Victor Alfonso Madrigal Cardenas was sentenced to eight years and one month in prison for a 16,000-plant grow in the Sequoia National Forest, with 850 pounds of processed cannabis and a revolver seized. He was one of nine men indicted in 2011 for the Sentinel Peak cultivation site.
Charged 1Plants destroyed 16,000Cannabis 385.55 kgPrison 8 years 1 monthCAMP eradicated 4.3 million cannabis plants in 2010
California's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting reported 4,320,314 plant seizures in the 2010 season, slightly below the 2009 record of 4,463,917. CAMP put the destroyed crop's wholesale value at $17.2 billion, more than four times the state's estimated annual consumption.
Plants destroyed 4,320,314Sonoma task force destroys 150,667 plants in June raids
Sonoma County narcotics agents with state CAMP support destroyed 150,667 young marijuana plants over six late-June days near The Geysers, Lake Sonoma and Mill Creek, topping the county's whole 2009 total.
Plants destroyed 150,667California CAMP destroyed a record 4.4 million plants in 2009
The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting destroyed more than 4.4 million plants in 665 raids across 41 counties in the 2009 season, a record year, with 111 arrests and 89 firearms seized. The state called it the program's biggest year since its 1983 start, up from 2.9 million plants in 2008.
Arrested 111Plants destroyed 4,400,0003,509 marijuana plants pulled from Santa Monica Mountains parks
Rangers, sheriff's deputies, State Park Police, CAMP and conservation officers raided three plantations in the Santa Monica Mountains on 21 July 2009. They eradicated 3,509 marijuana plants, including 1,421 at Zuma Canyon, and hauled out irrigation pipe, chemicals and camps.
Plants destroyed 3,509Record 5,249,881 cannabis plants seized across California in 2008
Federal and state agencies seized a record 5,249,881 cannabis plants across California in the 2008 season, almost 70 percent from public land; CAMP alone took 2.9 million plants in its second straight record year, with 143 arrests and 142 weapons seized.
Arrested 143Plants destroyed 5,249,881Deputies kill armed man in raid on Saratoga marijuana garden
Santa Clara County deputies shot and killed an armed man at a marijuana garden in the hills south of Saratoga on 10 July 2008 during a CAMP eradication raid. Two other armed men fled on foot, and more than 100 officers were sent to search for them near at least 10,000 growing plants.
Deaths 114,536 marijuana plants seized in Yosemite's Wawona District; two arrested
About 30 officers raided four marijuana grow sites around Wawona in southern Yosemite on 26-27 September 2007, seizing 14,536 plants valued at over $43 million. US Forest Service officers arrested two Mexican nationals, an adult and a 17-year-old.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 14,536Rangers seize 7,428 marijuana plants from three Yosemite gardens
Yosemite rangers with the Mariposa County sheriff, the Army National Guard and California's CAMP eradicated three linked marijuana gardens in the park on 13 August 2007, seizing 7,428 mature plants valued at about $22 million. The sites showed the irrigation and chemical use typical of Mexican trafficking operations, and no arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 7,428California CAMP eradicated 1,675,681 cannabis plants in the 2006 season
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting removed 1,675,681 illegally cultivated plants in 477 raids across 34 counties during the 2006 growing season, with 27 arrests and 29 weapons seized; the department valued the crop at more than $6.7 billion.
Arrested 27Plants destroyed 1,675,681Rangers seize 12,451 marijuana plants in Yosemite's Merced River Canyon
Park rangers and sheriff's deputies eradicated three marijuana plantations in the Merced River Canyon on Yosemite's western boundary on 9-10 August 2006, seizing 12,451 plants valued at about $35.7 million. Two suspects fled the gardens and were not caught, and officers seized two firearms.
Plants destroyed 12,451California CAMP eradicated 1,134,692 cannabis plants in the 2005 season
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting eradicated a record 1,134,692 illegally grown plants in 237 raids across 31 counties during the 2005 season, with 42 arrests and 76 weapons seized; the department valued the crop at more than $4.5 billion.
Arrested 42Plants destroyed 1,134,692Deaths 1California CAMP eradicated a record 621,315 cannabis plants in the 2004 season
Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced that the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting eradicated a record 621,315 plants worth $2.5 billion across California in the 2004 season, raiding 757 gardens with 41 arrests and 53 weapons seized; Riverside County led with 97,104 plants.
Arrested 41Plants destroyed 621,31518,926 marijuana plants eradicated in Sequoia National Park
Rangers and state anti-marijuana officers removed 18,926 marijuana plants from a hidden plantation in the East Fork Kaweah River drainage on 2 September 2004. The near-mature crop was valued at more than $75 million, and weapons and chemicals were seized at the site.
Plants destroyed 18,926California CAMP eradicated 466,054 cannabis plants in the 2003 season
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting removed 466,054 illegally cultivated plants in 182 raids across 32 counties during the 2003 growing season, with 35 arrests and 50 weapons seized; his office valued the crop at more than $1.9 billion.
Arrested 35Plants destroyed 466,054Two growers shot dead as officers raid Shasta marijuana garden
Two growers were shot dead on 16 September 2003 when they exchanged gunfire with officers raiding a 27,262-plant marijuana garden near Manton in eastern Shasta County; three suspects fled and three weapons were seized.
Plants destroyed 27,262Deaths 2California CAMP seized a record 354,164 cannabis plants in 2002
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting seized 354,164 plants in 181 raids across 23 counties in the 2002 season, a new record valued at more than $1.4 billion; officers made 26 arrests and seized 38 weapons.
Arrested 26Plants destroyed 354,164California CAMP seized 313,776 cannabis plants in 2001
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting seized 313,776 plants in 149 raids across 23 counties in the 2001 season, valuing the crop at about $1.25 billion. Officers made 20 arrests and seized 19 weapons, with about 70 percent of the plants linked to Mexican drug cartels.
Arrested 20Plants destroyed 313,776California CAMP seized a record 345,207 cannabis plants in 2000
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting seized 345,207 plants in 263 raids across 25 counties in the 2000 season, 43 percent above the 1999 record, valuing the crop at more than $1.3 billion; officers made 16 arrests and seized 24 weapons.
Arrested 16Plants destroyed 345,207