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One suspect was injured fleeing across rough terrain; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado is prosecuting the case.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6,"plants_destroyed":16436},"details":{"agencies":["us-dea"],"agency_types":["anti-narcotics"],"products":[{"product":"flower"},{"product":"plants","plants":16436}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["forest"],"environment":["outdoor"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agencies":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.environment":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1,2]},"tags":["dea","rifle","garfield-county","public-lands"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.postindependent.com/news/nearly-16000-illegal-marijuana-plants-netted-in-multi-agency-operation-north-of-rifle/","media_url":"https://swiftmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/mountain.swiftcom.com/images/sites/6/2020/08/25115945/IllegalGrow-rct-082720-5-1024x683.jpg","publisher":"Post Independent","caption":"Cannabis drying and curing at one of five illegal grow sites northwest of Rifle Gap Reservoir, 25 August 2020."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Post Independent quotes a black-market value of $7.5 million to more than $10.5 million; the DEA release gives no dollar figure.","Citizenship and names of the six arrested men were not published; they were described only as Hispanic males.","No firearms were recovered during the operation according to local reporting."],"sources":[{"title":"DEA and partners raid five illicit marijuana grow sites in eradication operation","url":"https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2020/08/27/dea-and-partners-raid-five-illicit-marijuana-grow-sites-eradication","publisher":"U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration","date":"2020-08-27","archived":null},{"title":"Nearly 16,000 illegal marijuana plants netted in multi-agency operation north of Rifle","url":"https://www.postindependent.com/news/nearly-16000-illegal-marijuana-plants-netted-in-multi-agency-operation-north-of-rifle/","publisher":"Post Independent","date":"2020-08-27","archived":null}]},{"id":"denver-247-homes-black-market-takedown-2019","code":"CET-DHE4NS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/denver-247-homes-black-market-takedown-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DHE4NS/","date":"2019-05-24","added_at":"2026-11-04T14:36:07.024Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"us/co","country_name":"Colorado, United States","place":"Denver metro area and seven nearby counties, Colorado","coordinates":[39.7392,-104.9903],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["arrest","eradication"],"title":"Colorado raids 247 homes in largest black-market cannabis bust","summary":"State and federal officers arrested 42 people and seized more than 80,000 plants plus 4,500 pounds of finished marijuana in raids on 247 homes and eight businesses across eight Colorado counties on 22-24 May 2019. 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